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Abdulwahab Omira, 28, stands in front of his destroyed family home in Damascus, Syria. Omira and his family fled Syria's civil war in 2012 when he was a teenager. Now a U.S. citizen and a graduate student at Stanford, Omira recently returned to his home country to look for ways the tech industry could help rebuild it.

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He fled Syria’s war as a teenager. He went back to help launch a tech industry

by Greg Myre March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria’s war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, hoping to help jumpstart the country’s tech industry.

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A Bad Week For Sports; The Passing Of An Unsung Hero

by Michael Szostak July 13, 2020December 5, 2023

College conferences cancelled fall sports, and a former tennis star from Woonsocket died.

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