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Waleed Bishara
Isabel’s great-uncle and Lito’s brother. Guillermo had left Cuba in the 1970s and resettled in the United States. When Isabel arrives in Miami, Guillermo underscores the idea that family will enable Isabel to retain her Cuban roots. Guillermo gifts her a new trumpet, and with this new instrument Isabel is able to learn the Cuban clave rhythm.
Guillermo Quotes in Refugee
The Refugee quotes below are all either spoken by Guillermo or refer to Guillermo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Isabel: Miami, Florida – 1994, Home
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She was finally counting clave.
Lito was wrong. She didn’t have to be in Havana to hear it. To feel it. She had brought Cuba with her to Miami.
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Guillermo Quotes in Refugee
The Refugee quotes below are all either spoken by Guillermo or refer to Guillermo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Isabel: Miami, Florida – 1994, Home
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She was finally counting clave.
Lito was wrong. She didn’t have to be in Havana to hear it. To feel it. She had brought Cuba with her to Miami.
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