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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab holds down a sheep while he slaughters it in the Muslim halal tradition. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab walks through the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab prepares to slaughter a sheep in the killing room on his farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: A freshly slaughtered sheep bleeds out in the killing room on Ibrahim Swara-Dahab's goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab quarters and butchers a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: The killing room on Ibrahim Swara-Dahab's goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab quarters and butchers a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab quarters and butchers a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Goats in a pen on Ibrahim Swara-Dahab's goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab quarters and butchers a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: A freshly slaughtered sheep bleeds out in the killing room on Ibrahim Swara-Dahab's goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: The killing room on Ibrahim Swara-Dahab's goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab quarters and butchers a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab quarters and butchers a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab pulls the intestines out of a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. Immigrants also prize parts of the body, like stomach linings and intestines, not available in main stream butcher shops. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab quarters and butchers a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Goats in a pen on Ibrahim Swara-Dahab's goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab works in the killing room on his farm while a freshly slaughtered sheep bleeds out. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: Ibrahim Swara-Dahab cleans out the guts of a freshly slaughtered sheep in the killing room on his goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and in 2006 settled in the Phoenix. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. Immigrants also prize parts of the body, like stomach linings and intestines, not available in main stream butcher shops. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JUNE 2012 - GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PHOENIX, AZ: A freshly slaughtered sheep hangs in the killing room on Ibrahim Swara-Dahab's goat farm. Swara-Dahab, 57, left Somalia in 1993. He lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for five years before coming to the United States and settled in the Phoenix area in 2006. He got a $10,000 loan from the micro-enterprise development program for refugees. The money allowed him to buy dozens of goats and sheep, each worth $130 to $200, turning his one-sheep operation into a money-making, time-consuming herd. He now operates a full time goat ranch and slaughter house. He slaughters his goats and sheep in the Muslim halal tradition. Most of his customers are fellow refugees and Muslims who prize goat meat or eat only meat slaughtered according to halal traditions. His butchering operation is on the Gila River Indian Community, near Laveen, AZ, just southwest of Phoenix.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  A goat carcass ready to be butchered at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB kills a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: The sign at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia.  His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB selects a goat for slaughter at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB (right background) helps a customer who is a Bhutanese refugee select a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB and a customer place a goat in the killing tray at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB singes the hair off a goat he just slaughtered at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: GUMAA BOSSN, who came to the US as refugee from Sudan, butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB kills a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: A goat bleeds out after having its throat slit at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB cleans a goat carcass before quartering at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Goat pelts lie in the sun at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: GUMAA BOSSN, who came to the US as refugee from Sudan, butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: GUMAA BOSSN, who came to the US as refugee from Sudan, butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: GUMAA BOSSN, who came to the US as refugee from Sudan, butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Blood on a tarp at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB kills a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB cleans a goat carcass before quartering at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Blood drips onto a goat's skin at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB kills a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: GUMAA BOSSN, who came to the US as refugee from Sudan, ties up a goat before it was butchered at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: IBRAHIM SWARA-DAHAB butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: GUMAA BOSSN, who came to the US as refugee from Sudan, butchers a goat at the Goat Meat Store, owned by Ibrahim Swara-Dahab, in Phoenix, AZ. Swara-Dahab came to the United States from Somalia in 1998. He has built a thriving business as a Halal butcher and provides freshly butchered goats and sheep killed following the precepts of Muslim tradition. His business not only caters to Muslims in the Phoenix area but also to refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. His small butcher shop is on the Gila River Indian Reservation, about 100 yards from the Phoenix city limits and doesn't have either running water or electricity.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:Preserved eggs and meat served in the community meal at a mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Muslim woman packages community lunches to be eaten after noon prayers at a Mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                 PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Sept. 26, 2009 -- YALA, THAILAND: A Muslim couple sells halal beef (slaughtered according to Muslim tradition) in the market in Yala, Thailand. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2016 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A butcher cuts pork in a market in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. George Town is a UNESCO World Heritage city and wrestles with maintaining its traditional lifestyle and mass tourism. Malaysia is predominantly Muslim and pork sellers in Penang have their own section of the market so halal consumers don't have to touch pork products.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       A food vendor sells grilled halal meats at an outdoor market next to Haroon Mosque after Eid al-Fitr services. Eid al-Fitr is the "festival of breaking of the fast,” it’s also called the Lesser Eid. It’s an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The religious Eid is a single day and Muslims are not permitted to fast that day. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. This is a day when Muslims around the world show a common goal of unity. The date for the start of any lunar Hijri month varies based on the observation of new moon by local religious authorities, so the exact day of celebration varies by locality.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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