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Ariana Lindquist
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Firouz Shimolay's three sisters play cards on the porch of her home in Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem in the West Bank. The family is part of the ancient Palestinian Christian community in this town. Two of the sisters have already emigrated (one to Texas and one to Australia) and the third has plans to emigrate to South America citing the poor economy and continuing Israeli occupation of the West Bank as the motives for their move.

