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The Immigrant Valedictorian Was Told to Choose a Name “People Could Pronounce” — At Graduation, He Read the 27 Names His School Had Quietly Erased

The Immigrant Valedictorian Was Told to Choose a Name “People Could Pronounce” — At Graduation, He Read the 27 Names His School Had Quietly Erased

by Geekrew Originals · Aug 4, 2026 · completed

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At 7:42 on a warm Friday evening in June, the graduation announcer called “Kevin Sayegh,” and eighteen-year-old Kareem Al-Sayegh remained seated between two hundred and eighty-one seniors in navy-blue gowns. A few students turned toward him. Kareem was difficult to miss: six feet tall, narrow-shouldered, with thick black curls that refused to stay beneath…

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