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Syrian Families and Tag Player

tag: There was ... a racist attack against one of the Syrian families here, according to Huffington Post Canada. A guy came along and was hurling racial insults at them, and just spitting on them, things like that, he said. TAG START player CA Play In Place Autoplay owner AOL Canada for AOL Canada function commercial video var TAG END date 4/12/17 Mohammad Al Jokhadar said a friend came up with the idea as a way to respond positively to the harassment of a Syrian refugee family in Halifax. We're just maintaining the equilibrium in society, right So if somebody throws a little bit of negativity, you give them a little bit of positivity to counteract the effect. One of the members of the Syrian Thanksgiving Group of Nova Scotia, Suha Mersal, said they wanted to thank the Canadian government for bringing them here, and hope to give something back. Members of the Syrian Thanksgiving Group of Nova Scotia cook Middle Eastern food and then donate it to shelters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.