Abdul Samad and Vern Harvey were married Jan. 16, 2016 at the Kootenai County courthouse. The two met while Harvey was teaching in the United Arab Emirates.
August 21, 2019
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August 21, 2019 9:14 a.m.
'In America, I can be who I am'
As a boy growing up in the small United Arab Emirates town of Ghayathi, Abdul Samad often dreamed of exploring faraway places where he could live more freely and experience new horizons a world away from the hot desert climate he called home.