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Meran Abdullah<\/strong> was living with his family in the Kurdish village of Ekmole when the chemical attacks waged by Saddam Hussein\u2019s regime began. Mohammed Aziz<\/strong> was visiting his family in Halabja. Both survivors live in Nashville today and tell their stories in interviews shot exclusively for our Next Door Neighbors, Little Kurdistan website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meran Abdullah was living with his family in the Kurdish village of Ekmole when the chemical attacks waged by Saddam Hussein\u2019s regime began. 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