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“My parents immigrated to Canada in 1979 from Iran because we were persecuted for our religious beliefs as well as the instability from the Iranian Revolution. Our trip was first treated like a vacation; we packed four suitcases and headed to Canada, with hopes that the situation in Iran would calm down and we could return home.”
“After many weeks of uncertainty, my parents decided to stay in Canada, which was a difficult decision. My father was at the peak of his engineering career and my mother was a school teacher in a prominent private school. They would have to leave everything behind and start again. My parents have always been determined hard workers, which is something that has always been at the forefront of my life.”
NAVA KHAVARI, FINANCE MANAGER FOR PEARLON BEAUTY SUPPLY, : @PEARLON.BEAUTY.SUPPLY
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MAGAZINE JAN/FEB 2019
