by Evan Onstot | KOCO News Channel 5 | Jan 4, 2022 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY — More Afghan refugees are expected to arrive in Oklahoma. Over the next week, dozens of Afghan refugees will be joining the 500 refugees who now call Oklahoma home. By the end of February, an expected 1,000 refugees are expected to be in the state....
by Brittany Toolis | News 9 | Jan 4, 2022 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – More than 1,000 people who sought refuge from Afghanistan are now calling the Sooner State their home, and that number continues to grow. About 70 more refugees are expected to come to the Oklahoma City metro in the coming days. Refugees from...
by Andrea DenHoed | Non Doc | Dec 15, 2021 | In The News
On Aug. 9, as U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban swept through the city behind them, Oklahoma City art gallery owner Susan McCalmont received a distressing message from a friend in Kabul. “Susan,” Hasina Aimaq wrote, “the security is getting very...
by Erika Lee | News on 6 | Nov 9, 2021 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – CAIR Oklahoma and Catholic Charities have been busy resettling hundreds of Afghan refugees. However, the state has only received one-fifth of the 1,800 expected so far, CAIR Oklahoma said. There are still about 750 refugees still to come. CAIR...
by Lionel Ramos | Oklahoma Watch | Nov 8, 2021 | In The News
(Editor’s Note: The university affiliation of Dr. Imad Enchassi, a local imam, has been corrected. Enchassi is a theology professor at Oklahoma City University) Afghan refugees touching down at Will Rogers and Tulsa International airports are arriving scarred. Scarred...
by Journal Record Staff | The Journal Record | Nov 3, 2021 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Bar Association will honor a number of legal professionals from across the state, including nine from Oklahoma City, when it holds its annual meetings Nov. 10-12. Meetings slated at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City will be...
