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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Sarah Basford Canales and Adeshola Ore

‘Seed of hope’: Gaza grandmother is reunited with her Australian family after more than a decade

Fatma Badra, 79, has travelled to Australia to reunite with two of her sons after losing much of her family in Gaza
Fatma Badra has travelled to Australia to reunite with two of her sons after losing much of her family in Gaza. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Shamikh Badra couldn’t hold the tears back when he got to hold his mother, Fatma, for the first time in 11 years.

Standing in the bustling arrivals hall at Sydney airport last Friday evening, as passengers streamed off a flight from Amman, Jordan via Singapore and were embraced by their families, he bent down to wrap his arms around her and planted a single kiss on her forehead.

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