21-03-2016 23:35 via topix.com

Soccer unites refugees at a Fullerton field

"Peaceful here," the 15-year-old said, grinning. Sahin, his parents and five brothers are refugees from Afghanistan. "In Kabul, there are no good schools," says the teen, now a freshman at Loara High School in Anaheim. Tiyya Foundation's soccer program helps provide comfort and camaraderie to children who, mostly, are from war-torn families that sought asylum in the United States, said co-founder Meymuna Hussein-Cattan. They moved to Cairo, and remained there until 2 1/2 years ago when they got
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