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Writer: Rafea Salameh

Women's Blog

A Friendship Torn Apart

27-11-15Rafea Salameh
Wearing the dress my friend bought me, I pick up my phone and select her name, but do not dial her number. I log...
Women's Blog

My Mother, The Accidental Activist

15-09-15Rafea Salameh
My mother is in her late forties, and she can’t read or write. She has been attending literacy classes for the past ten years,...
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Humiliated for a Bag of Bread

18-06-15Rafea Salameh
Until Syrian government forces placed Ghouta under siege towards the end of 2013, it was still possible to travel there by bus from Damascus....

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