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Al Jazeera
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Ali Haj Suleiman, Husam Hezaber

Syrian women find strength in the aftermath of the earthquake

Shahd and her colleague carry their medical bag through rubble to provide free medical care to survivors of the earthquakes [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]

Idlib, Syria – A month after devastating earthquakes struck northern Syria, Moufida Ghanem is mourning the loss of a son and the destruction of her home, which collapsed on her and her two boys, breaking her leg and killing her 18-year-old son.

Rescued from under the rubble with her 15-year-old son, Ali, the 40-year-old widow now finds herself having to cope with yet another loss. But she has been able to rise to every challenge so far.

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