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Karim Shamsi-Basha

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Karim Shamsi-Basha shares the story of his first days in the US with PRI's The World.

Karim Shamsi-Basha, who moved from Syria to attend the University of Tennessee in the 1980s, stands with his father, Kheridean Shamsi-Basha.

In his first days in the US, a Syrian Muslim connected with Americans through the Bible

Lifestyle & Belief

When Karim Shamsi-Basha arrived in the US as a student, he found that Americans had already heard of his birthplace, Damascus. But he couldn’t understand why, until he looked in the Bible.