How a bird gained freedom

How a bird gained freedom

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Ongoing1h 22m

Last published Wed, Mar 4, 2015

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This is the story of Wardeh Barakat, a middle eastern girl that feels doubly occupied, first by her family and second by her country. This is the story of finding true love, finding a place where there is acceptance, escaping from getting killed, and finally gaining freedom. The freedom that most teenage girls all over the world already have, the freedom of being independence, the freedom of hoping or a better future, and the freedom of moving to Australia forever and never returning back home.

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