Becoming Family

Oct 7, 2006

1h 14m

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Overview

Six months after a tsunami hit South Asia on December 26, 2004, Muslim-American and Sri Lankan-born Dr. M. Rahmi Mowjood led a team of American doctors and medical students on a relief trip. While mentoring medical students and aiding injured villagers, Dr. Mowjood also finds a way to ask someone to become a member of his own family.

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M. Rahmi Mowjood

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David Cao

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Bob Connolly

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Kushil Gunasekera

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