The guidance counselor told me I should look forward to a career as a day laborer.

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Mr. ISMAIL ABU ALI (Day Laborer, Baghdad): (Through translator) If we don't work, then we will starve.

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Hena was the youngest of five children born to Darbesh Khan, a day laborer, and his wife, Aklima Begum.

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Outside the shop, Ismail Abu Ali(ph) sits on the curb waiting for someone to drive by and hire him for the day as a laborer.

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