A pocket video camera became Kimi Yoshino’s constant companion, and through e-mailed video journals her husband met her friends and discovered her neighborhood. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times reporter Kimi Yoshino walks through the carport of the apartment in Long Beach where she hopes to live with her new husband. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Kimi Yoshino outside the apartment in Long Beach. For reasons unknown, her brother-in-law was cleared to come to the U.S. before her husband. When she married Saif, she knew she would help his brother start a new life in this country. She just never imagined shed be doing it alone. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Kimi Yoshino takes a walk through the apartment in Long Beach where she hopes to live with Saif, whom she met in Baghdad. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
