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pandemic changes career and family plans

Umar Arif, 18 months old, left, is finished with the marinara and pasta his mother, Safia Arif, right, is feeding him on Thursday, Feb 17, 2022. The Covid pandemic has changed priorities for the Arif family. Safia Arif was a high school English teacher at a private Muslim school at the beginning of the pandemic and now works from home selling merchant services to restaurants while raising her son Umar with her husband Shahrukh Arif. Shahrukh has a hybrid schedule with his work, which has allowed him to spend more time with his family. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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