Quotes of the Day

Iraqi refugee Hussein Yassin Hassan, 35, with his wife Hiyam and their four
children who live in a single room in Amman.
Photo:
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007

Open quoteI have a 13-year-old who can't read or write. It destroys me.Close quote

  • AZHAR AL HAIDARI
  • an Iraqi mother, whose son has not been to school since the family fled to Jordan. Aid workers have reported a rapid rise in illiteracy among young Iraqi refugees
Photo: LEVINE HEIDI / SIPA | Source: McClatchy