An antipathy many feel toward the Games turned to cheers when Hanan Dacka, one of the 2,300 Syrian refugees Brazil has admitted, carried the Olympic flame in Brasília.
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Friday, August 5, 2016
The Saturday Profile: A Young Syrian Torchbearer Highlights Brazil’s Embrace of Refugees
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