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A Palestinian taxi driver who gives Mahmoud and his family help in Turkey by offering to let them spend the night in his car dealership office while they wait for a boat to Greece. Nasseer serves as one example of the importance of empathy, and how deeply simple aid can affect refugees. Like Ruthie, Nasseer has a reason for being so empathetic: he, too, was a refugee. But his small gesture illustrates Gratz’s argument that anyone can provide a small amount of help to refugees.
Samih Nasseer Quotes in Refugee
The Refugee quotes below are all either spoken by Samih Nasseer or refer to Samih Nasseer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Mahmoud: Hungary – 2015, 17 days Quotes
Whether you were visible or invisible, it was all about how other people reacted to you. Good and bad things happened either way. If you were invisible, the bad people couldn’t hurt you, that was true. But the good people couldn’t help you, either.
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When Mahmoud and the rest of his family are taken to the immigrant detention center in Hungary, he once again ponders the idea of whether it is a good or bad thing to be invisible. He runs through each argument, acknowledging its complexity: sometimes it is better to be invisible because it helps a person stay out of trouble. Being invisible, however, also allows people to remain ignorant of Mahmoud’s plight, like when he is stranded in the water, with no way of receiving aid. Being visible, on the other hand, can allow people to help, like in Turkey when Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labor
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Samih Nasseer Character Timeline in Refugee
The timeline below shows where the character Samih Nasseer appears in Refugee. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Mahmoud: Izmir, Turkey – 2015, 11 days from home (1)
...drives Mahmoud and his family to the car dealership, he explains that his name is Samih Nasseer and that he is a Palestinian refugee. He says that he was forced to leave...
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