The Best Haider Jamal Quotes

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Haider: [River remembering Abdi's words] We've come to this country so filled with hope. So grateful for the potential. Yet still they say, why do we leave our door blindly open to these people? But you migrated here, too. You see what people here do not see. You of all people - if only you had seen me clearly as I see you. See the loneliness. The isolation. What it is to be so far from your country and family. What it is like to try and fit here. How hard it is just to be.