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Writer: Manal al-Hassan

Women's Blog

Tortured, Missing and Martyred – the Fate of Three Sons

14-09-1514-09-15Manal al-Hassan
I have always heard of al-Khansaa, the seventh-century female poet who lost her two brothers to war. She is famous for the heartrending elegies...
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Aiming For Paradise

08-09-15Manal al-Hassan
One of the hardest things that can happen to a person is to lose a loved one, especially when that loved one is their...
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The Power of a Costly Document

13-07-15Manal al-Hassan
Prison is a humiliating place. It cuts a person’s life short. Every single night, I dreamed that my son would be released. Ahmad was...

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