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I was brought up in a household where we knew that the greater risk in our lives was not getting education as opposed to getting killed,”

— Shabana Basij-Rasikh

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The same shopkeeper at a certain convenience store should not notice you every day. They (parents) never knew when or if we would return home,"

In our house and in our personal relationship, SOLA starts from when we wake up to when we go to bed

Out of the blue, Rwanda became a possibility and quite fortunately we were quickly welcomed,”

I've borrowed a stone from the airport. I need to return. I spend every waking hour preparing for it,"

We have been through a difficult journey of evacuation. We gave our students basic art supplies and they started painting and drawing just as a way of going through therapy here,”

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