Sister of Olympic swimmer facing trial on January 10
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Badou Jack
Meet the Muslim boxer on a mission to feed 75,000 refugee kids each day
Boxer Badou Jack’s foundation will use proceeds from US sales of nutrition bars to provide for refugee children in Jordan
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Video: ‘I nearly drowned, now I dream of Olympic glory’
A Syrian refugee has stunned swimming experts by learning how to swim in just 12 months and is now training for the 2020 Olympics.
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‘No hardship lasts forever,’ says teenager who fled Syria in a wheelchair
Nujeen Mustafa fled Syria five years ago, crossing seven borders and the Mediterranean Sea to reach Germany – in the clunky confines of a steel wheelchair
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair: why it’s time to open up on charity
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair has embarked a mission to help educate thousands of refugee children in the region – and wants to encourage others to do their part through open and institutionalised philanthropy
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Historic Lebanese Cannes winner dedicates prize to poor kids
Labaki is the first Arab woman to have won a major prize at the festival and only the second to have had a film competing for the Palme d’Or
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Video: 14-year-old refugee from Syria dreams of Paralympics
In Syria, a bomb attack left Najib Alhaj Ali paralysed. He fled with his family across the Mediterranean to Greece, where para sports gave him hope for a better life.
Award winner
Video: A Syrian refugee on how she is proving the ‘haters’ wrong
Diana Legacy Award winner Maya Ghazal arrived in the UK as a 15-year-old in 2015. She explained that despite her initial struggles and feelings of loneliness in her new home, she integrated well and is now a keen voluntary worker.
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Video: Syrian teenagers get chance to learn journalism in Turkey
Duaa is one of 40 Syrian teenagers who had the chance to learn about mobile journalism at a workshop in her refugee camp, held by TRT World.