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Everything can be taken from you in a second, but the human spirit is so strong. War can teach you so much about evil, and so much about good.

Zainab Salbi

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Zainab Salbi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 24
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While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their hair loose, women need to stand together because they all face the central point of discrimination, although the extremity of which may be different from Kigali to Kabul.
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Women are not just victims they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability.
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Every woman must own her story otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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The front[line] of wars is increasingly non-human eyes peering down on our perceived enemies from space, guiding missiles toward unseen targets.
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Believe in your passions and act on them.
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Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful.
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