Five refugees, who have made Nashville their home during the past decade, recently shared their experiences during a forum presented by Catholic Charities’ Tennessee Office for Refugees at Scarritt-Bennett Center in observance of World Refugee Day.  Pictured (left to right) are Fatuma Masazi and her daughter, Aziza Abdiaziz, from Somalia, who have lived here since 2005; Abdikadir Ali from Somalia, who has lived in Nashville since 2004 and now works at Catholic Charities; Jamal Alwan, a surgeon from Iraq, who has lived here since 2009; Fadil Dervishi from Kosovo, who arrived in Nashville in 1999 and owns Sevala’s Cafe; and program moderator Carol Etherington, associate director of the  Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health. In 2009, more than 1,500 refugees fleeing persecution, found a new home in Tennessee.  Last year, families and individuals from 15 different countries -- escaping war, persecution and often a continuous threat of death -- were welcomed to the Nashville community with the assistance of Catholic Charities of Tennessee.