A young Iraqi refugee is still afraid to make friends for fear she will lose them

Published August 4, 2010

Yasmeen Al-Gailani remembers the day when her friend's father was kidnapped in Baghdad a few years ago. Although his relatives paid a ransom, he was later found dead in the city. The news of the kidnapping came through a telephone call. Now she says she gets a weird feeling in her stomach every time she hears the phone ring.

"Sometimes I am afraid that if I pick up the phone someone will tell me that...