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Defying Odds, Youth With Visual Impairment Wins Aqaba Marathon

Hasan Tayem, a visually-impaired 22-year-old from Jordan won the Aqraba Marathon. The winning athlete hopes to show that people with disabilities can are still hard-working members of the society.

14 December 2019Middle East
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Disabled Syrian Confined To Roumieh Prison Without Trial For Two Years

Abdul Razzaq al-Adam, a Syrian refugee who cannot move his legs, has been imprisoned in Lebanon for two years, and it yet to see the inside of a court room or a lawyer.

27 June 2019Middle East
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Syria: Qamishli Concert Seeks To Help Integrate Autistic Children Into Society

"If we can accept these children and believe in them, we will find Syria’s Messi and Syria’s Einstein." A concert held by people in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli attempts to help children with autism and integrate them into society.

13 February 2019Syria
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Defying the odds: Nina's journey from Syria to the Special Olympics

Nina - an athlete from Syria - will be representing a new team in the Special Olympics, but her heart belongs to Damascus.

27 December 2018Syria
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'The remedy of a soul': Mental health worker Hadeel Naser helps Syrian...

International Medical Corps' mental health officer, Hadeel Naser, is working tirelessly with Syrian refugees at Jordan's Azraq Camp to help them heal from invisible scars. "Not everybody can do this job," she says.

11 October 2018Middle East
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Iraqi athletes go for gold at Special Olympics

Iraqi athletes came home with a total of 52 medals at this year's regional Special Olympics and are training for further success. They are now training for the Special Olympics World Games set to be held in Abu Dhabi in 2019.

30 August 2018Iraq
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Medical Centre In Nineveh Treats Those Handicapped By War

The Disability Rehabilitation Centre in Nineveh receives between 60-80 patients a day and it offers specialised medical services to disabled people in three stages.

10 August 2018Iraq
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Female candidates stand for election in Tunisia's municipal elections

There is a parity in male and female candidates for the municipal elections on May 6th in Tunisia. Additionally, one in ten candidates has a disability. The new electoral regulations on equality is hoped to distribute representation and opportunity fairly across the country.

03 May 2018North Africa
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Making Jordan accessible for wheelchair users

Accessible Jordan is an online platform that catalogues wheelchair-friendly spaces around Jordan and is inspired by communal needs for people with disabilities

02 April 2018Middle East
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Young Tunisians have high hopes for May's municipal elections

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia is getting ready to hold its first municipal elections since the 2011 revolution. While the general poll is...

27 March 2018North Africa
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Sahar: The story of a little girl blinded by ISIS

At one month old, Sahar's family tried to escape from ISIS-held Hawija. But as they fled, a landmine exploded, blinding her.

02 February 2018Iraq
Glimmer of light for Egypt’s disabled citizens with new law

Glimmer of light for Egypt’s disabled citizens with new law

Disabled people in Egypt have been offered little support from the state, but a new law promises to assist them find employment.

12 January 2018
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Blind Syrian man teaches music to refugees

Ihsan al-Khalil teaches music to Syrian refugee children in Jordan, providing them with an outlet to escape the sounds of war

11 December 2017
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Iraq forces free 11-year-old Yazidi girl in Mosul

Child who was kidnapped from village of Kosho, sold as slave in 2014 freed during operation by security forces in...

24 April 2017
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ISIS raping, torturing, forcibly marrying Sunni Arab women: HRW

Fighters from the Islamic State (ISIS) are arbitrarily detaining, raping, ill-treating, torturing, and forcibly marrying Sunni Arab women and girls...

22 February 2017
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Islamic State uses civilians as human shields in battle for Mosul: UN

Geneva – As US-backed Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Army troops close in on Mosul city, they continue to unearth grave evidence of...

27 October 2016
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