This article first appeared on our partner site, Independent Arabia
Saad Salah, 50, and his family gathered their belongings and set off to chase the American dream that others from the village of Abu Qirqas in the Minya region of Upper Egypt had already attained. The father-of-five gave little thought to the cost of taking his family on a journey through more than half a dozen countries. He would not rest until he followed through with his plans, and secured a better future for his family. His wife, Ne'ma Nabil, and his children were unfazed by the prospect of the gruelling journey ahead, as a safer and more promising future awaited them at the end of it.
