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The New Arab
The New Arab
As you read these words, a precious baby girl fights desperately for her last breaths. Tore from her mother’s womb, she entered this world through a harrowing Caesarean section, miraculously rescued from her mother’s lifeless body amidst the wreckage and rubble which was once their family home. Born prematurely, her journey was destined to be fraught with challenges, exacerbated further by the dystopian reality of a healthcare system that has completely collapsed. The tiny baby’s first breaths had come through a haze of dust and debris, providing a harsh introduction to the world she had just …
