Dalya's Other Country
Season 30 Episode 1 | 1h 15m 29s
A family displaced by the Syrian conflict remakes themselves after the parents separate.
Dalya's Other Country tells the nuanced story of a family displaced by the Syrian conflict and remaking themselves after the parents separate. Effervescent teen Dalya goes to Catholic high school and her mother Rudayana enrolls in college as they both walk the line between their Muslim values and the new world they find themselves in.
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Dalya's Other Country
Season 30 Episode 1 | 1h 15m 29s
Dalya's Other Country tells the nuanced story of a family displaced by the Syrian conflict and remaking themselves after the parents separate. Effervescent teen Dalya goes to Catholic high school and her mother Rudayana enrolls in college as they both walk the line between their Muslim values and the new world they find themselves in.
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