Syrian: Syrian Families and Syrian Refugees

syrian: There was ... a racist attack against one of the Syrian families here, according to The Chronicle Herald. A guy came along and was hurling racial insults at them, and just spitting on them, things like that, he said. 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. Eight out of 10 members of the group are Syrian refugees. 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.