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"We knew we would be left to die under the rubble"

After Syrians experienced the brutalities of war for more than a decade as the world stood by watching, earthquake survivors say they didn't expect help this time either

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A handout photo made available by Belta news agency shows migrants gathering on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus, 08 November 2021 (issued 09 November 2021). EPA/LEONID

From Syria to Belarus: A Little Hope for Reaching Families in Germany

since the outbreak of the Syrian war nearly a decade ago, which followed the outbreak of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad in various regions of the country in mid-March of 2011,…

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A Bosnian Genocide Survivor Issues a Wake-up Call

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Sam Ali as (Yahya Mahayni), who becomes a work of art, in front of a crowd in a scene from the film. (Supplied)

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Imagine a Schengen visa engraved on your back so that you can travel freely as an artwork and not a human? If you are asked by a famous tattoo artist to sell your skin for him to draw on it and…

Salma Adham 25 June 2021

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