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2. Surprise wedding reception for Syrian refugees in Saskatoon

CBC December 6, 2015

A group of friends and strangers in Saskatoon came together to throw a surprise wedding party for a young Syrian couple.

Ten days after Mohamad Al-Noury, 21, and Athar Farroukh, 23, were married in Syria they had to leave their country because of bombing. They spent time in refugee camps in Lebanon before coming to Saskatoon about a year ago as refugees. Members of their immediate families are still overseas.

CBC News reporter Eman Bare met the couple while researching a story about refugee and mental health.

"I started taking pictures of them towards the end [of our interview] for my story and the woman, Athar, said that, 'I never got to have wedding pictures.' I just started thinking, and I said, 'Well I have a camera. If you want tomorrow, I can take a couple wedding-type pictures for you.'"

Bare put a post on Facebook, mentioning that plan, and soon several individuals and businesses offered to throw a surprise party for the couple.

One woman donated a wedding dress for Farroukh and a suit for Al-Noury. Another made a wedding cake. The Delta Bessborough donated a banquet room for the reception.

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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/surprise-wedding-reception-syrian-refugees-012241770.html