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Arwa Damon

  • President and Founder, INARA
New York
As seen in: CNN, CNN en Español, CNN International, MSN, MSN Canada, Yahoo News Malaysia, Aol, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The London Standard and
5x Emmy winning Ex-CNN Senior Correspondent. Founder @inaraorg Director award winning doc www.seizethesummitfilm.com on Amazon & Apple TV.
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An Afghan Woman’s Ascent of Everest

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By Arwa Damon
| New Lines Magazine
The message cropped up on my phone from a dear friend and ambassador for my charity INARA, the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance. “We’re hopefully going for the summit on the 20th,” wrote Leonardo Avezzano, an adventurer and documentary filmmaker, before going on to tell me about a young Afghan woman he had met at Everest Base Camp and was mentoring and trying to support. Her name is River Ahmad, and her story floored me.
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Iran’s Afghan Refugees Flee Homeward

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By Arwa Damon
| New Lines Magazine
A few hundred yards away, the images of both the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son, the newly crowned ayatollah, stare down at the reluctant and weary shuffling their way back to Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border crossing with Iran. The wind kicks up dust and whips through the Iranian and Afghan flags as I watch the new arrivals along with staff from my charity, INARA, the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance.
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"The War Hasn't Ended": Palestinians in Gaza Still Face Israeli Attacks, Disease, Medical Neglect

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By Arwa Damon, Amy Goodman
| ZNetwork
The partial reopening of Gaza’s southern Rafah crossing with Egypt has been marked by chaos and severe restrictions imposed by Israel, as tens of thousands of Palestinians continue to wait for medical evacuation to receive urgent care outside the Gaza Strip. According to U.N. data, only 36 Palestinians in need of medical treatment were allowed to leave Gaza during the first four days of the crossing’s reopening.
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