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My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life on the backlines, where women are keeping kids in school, caring for the sick and injured, and daily negotiating space for the continuation of critical life processes of this nature, we're going to continue to miss the point.

Zainab Salbi

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Zainab Salbi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 24
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