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Farid Farid

Yezidi refugees have a field day picking up hockey

Yezidi refugees are playing hockey in Toowoomba to help them make new friends and gain confidence. (HANDOUT/MULTICULTURAL AUSTRALIA)

Amir Abdalla has only been in Australia for a year after living in a refugee camp in Iraq escaping Islamic State militants, but since arriving he has thrown himself into becoming an Aussie by playing sports.

The 18-year-old apprentice electrician was only about eight when the terrorist group targeted the Yezidi ethnic and religious minority in its brutal campaign.

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