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Awad: The Son Of Dawa Musa

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My subject is named Awad the son of Dawa Musa: according to the text “When fighting erupted in Kormaganza, Blue Nile state [sudan], in September last year, 80-year-old Dawa Musa’s family decided to flee to the neighbouring village of Mafot. His family remained in the next village for over for several months until heavy shelling forced them to leave. Awad is a Sudanese refugee: “UNHRC transported the family to Jamam refugee camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State.” Awad and his family faced several various hardships. Awad had to carry his mother and daughter to the the border of South Sudan, “For 15 grueling days, he carried both his elderly mother and his daughter Zainab on his back.” When Awad and his family finally reached a Jamam refugee

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