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Family Giggle: Chair and Amir

family giggle: I bought this chair for 20, he proudly proclaims, according to Huffington Post Canada. A wide smile forms on his face. Photo Amir Fattal Six months into his new Canadian life, Amir Fattal pulls out a second-hand rocking chair and presents it as a deal of a lifetime. I can sit here like Queen Elizabeth and see the TV. His unbridled enthusiasm over a wooden chair and its flattened floral cushion makes his family giggle. He arrived in Toronto this summer with his young family under Canada's private sponsorship program. Amir is a Syrian refugee. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.