Brother Honors Legacy Of Relatives Lost In Chapel Hill, N.C., Shooting

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Published December 21, 2015 at 4:19 PM EST

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Farris Barakat, who lost relatives in the Chapel Hill, N.C., shooting. He recently visited a Syrian refugee camp to honor his brother's legacy.

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