Week of December 12, 2016

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PORTLAND, MAINE -- 11/23/16 -- Nadir Alzoubi and daughter Hajar, 9, use a translation app on his phone to communicate with a reporter in their Munjoy Hill apartment in Portland last month. Alzoubi and his family, including his youngest child, Omar, 2, (pictured) were among the first Syrian refugees resettled in Maine since the outbreak of the county’s civil war. Troy R. Bennett | BDN