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Aussie's heartbreak after being trapped by Trump's ban
An Iranian-Australian dual national, Shadi Sherafat was hard at work in America. But now her life has been turned upside down.
Adam Gartrell is the National Political Correspondent for The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age
An Iranian-Australian dual national, Shadi Sherafat was hard at work in America. But now her life has been turned upside down.
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