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Catchword for “pillow driver”
Catchword: pillow driver
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Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says there are at least 1.5 million Iraqi refugees in Syria. If they seek work, they will lose their status as refugees. Iraqi refugees who were once doctors, engineers, athletes, artists and businessmen sit it out in Syria with nothing to do. “They call us the pillow drivers here,” says Dr. Jassim Alwan who fled Baghdad after he was arrested by U.S. forces in 2003. “I was humiliated like an animal by those who call themselves soldiers of liberty, so I decided to flee to Syria.”
Article or Document Title:
“Syria Now Home to a Million ‘Pillow Drivers’” (URL)
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Inter Press Service
Dateline:
Damascus, Syria
Date of Publication:
Mar. 24, 2008
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