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The Kids Nobody Wants: Meet Mohammad Bezek, L.A.’s Muslim Foster Father
Fostering Kids Nobody Wants

Terminally ill children are the kids in the foster care system nobody wants. Except for Mohamed Bzeek. He has fostered more than 80 terminally ill children and he is the only foster parent for these children in Los Angeles County. Featured in the LA Times, Bzeek says that Islam “teaches me if somebody needs my help and I can help, then I must help."