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Hikayat 'ashab alrasayil, alty katabuha wadaeat mathaluhum fi albuhr. lknnha tastadei rsayl 'ukhraa, tataqatae mithl masayir hula' alghrba'. hum almuhajiruna, 'aw almhjjrwn, 'aw almnfyuwn almshrradwn, yatamaa buldanihim alty kasratha alayaam fahalt hywatihm 'iilaa lueba "bazl". lays fi hadhih alriwayat min yaqinu. lays man qatal mjrmana, wala almwms eahrtan. 'innha, kama zamanna, mintaqat alshk alkabiri, walailtibasa, wammiha' alhudud... wadayae al'amkinat...
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The García sisters and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after the discovery of their father's role in an attempt to overthrow the brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming United States, their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try to find new lives.