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This Taxi Driver Has an Amazing Life Story You’ll Want to Hear | Short Film Showcase ctm magazine
Meet Estaifan Shilaita—Chicago cab driver, loving father, and former boxing champion. From 1968 to 1976, Shilaita was the national boxing champion of Iraq before being forced to flee his home country because of his Christian faith. Although he left his boxing dreams behind, Shilaita eventually found greater happiness than he could have ever imagined.
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In this heartwarming film by Brett Garamella and Patrick McGowan, hear Chicago taxi driver Estaifan Shilaita’s incredible tale of family, faith, and fulfillment.
Brett Garamella: https://brettgaramella.com/
Patrick McGowan: http://www.patrickmcgowan.com/
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Iraq is not the first Christian nation at all it is Armenia I believe . Of course his name being Babylon was a big clue . Babylon is or was in Iraq
this dude just shi on all the liberal pieces of shi in this country. liberalism is cancer
Such a beautiful story
God bless
By the time you read this I will be
77
Beautiful love, beautiful people x
Beautiful Documentary. What a champ!
When they kissed each other at the door 😢👍
What an endearing story of suffering, love and survival ..
Pure salt. 🤗
Yeah…great story, great vid. Great characters.
Why did the Iraqi's bomb their church
I, too, am an immigrant. Love this country. Let's continue to keep it great and free, it's the best country on earth.
A very inspiring and touching story indeed. Sad, because he never got to see his family again but his ability to keep his head up and remain cheerful in spite of all the hardships and loss and to have still been able to bring up a nice family who loves him so dearly, is definitely admirable. I could especially relate to what he was saying, because I drove a cab in Chicago for several years too and it was the most experiential job I ever did. Who knows I may have crossed paths and may have even met Estaifan then. In fact what I do as a cross cultural communication and accent trainer and voice artist now, has a lot of bearing on the experiences I had doing that job, not to mention my ability to be able to deal with people, which I was very poor at before that. I have neither a rags to riches story to tell nor one of a life that has come full circle yet, buy I wouldn't trade the experiences of driving a cab in Chicago for anything. Thank you Estaifan and Nat Geo for sharing such a beautiful story.
Great American stories, we need more people like this in America 🇺🇸
God bless this family. A father and his family to look up to. Wow.
@ 0:55 What's that song? It's so familiar 🤔🔨
beautiful, utterly beautiful
15:00 erm you wouldn’t just not have your dad you wouldn’t exist lol
2 minutes in – my guess = Armenian
Love this story! I am also a first generation immigrant in this country. Every immigrant has its own story……..You are an inspiration for your kids, they are loving ,tenderhearted,wonderful kids! God BLEES you.!
What a champion. I was deployed to Iraq in 2005 as a Marine. I always felt bad and regret for the suffering endured by the Iraqi people. It's so awesome to see people from Iraq thriving and happy because of the US as opposed to suffering because of us. God bless him and his family.
You're close but too far😂😂😂😂😂
What an amazing person and father!
wow
Beautiful ❤️
Such a lovely person and awsome story❤be blessed!