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Speaking Up for Children’s Educational Rights in Iraq | Mirna’s Story

385 views · Published 24 August 2017 · 0:56 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: UNICEF USA · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Mirna, 9,  and her family fled conflict in Qaraqosh, Iraq in August 2014 and now lives in a camp in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. 

She's attending school in the camp but misses her friends from home and the rights she had at her school in Qaraqosh. "There are my friends that I don't forget, because they stay in my heart." 

Over 3 million children and youths in Iraq have had their education disrupted by conflict. Mirna's dream is to become a lawyer so she can fight for children's rights in Iraq.

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