My Name Is Marwa

Posted on March 23, 2022 by mitchteemley

MarwaMy Featured Blogger this week is Marwa of Reframing Life. Marwa lives in Gaza Camp, a decades-old prison-like refugee enclave in northern Jordan. Through rare courage Marwa altered the course of her life, and is now making a difference in others’ lives. Read her story and you’ll see what I mean.

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18 Responses to My Name Is Marwa

  1. aaordona says:
    March 23, 2022 at 12:13 pm

    Thank you for the post. That situation in Gaza is brutal and the residents there being stuck in the middle between the radical Palestinian factions and Israel. It’s amazing how the world press totally ignores that situation as well as what’s happening on the West Bank.

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    • mitchteemley says:
      March 23, 2022 at 12:31 pm

      So true, Brother Anthony. And these people are supposedly “the ones who got out,” yet they’re virtually imprisoned and forgotten as non-citizens in Jordan.

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  2. Rosaliene Bacchus says:
    March 23, 2022 at 1:16 pm

    Thanks for bringing Marwa’s story to our attention.

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  3. #hood says:
    March 23, 2022 at 3:37 pm

    marwa says in 61 the gaza entered civil war nearly 20. 000 inhabit.

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  4. tidalscribe.com says:
    March 23, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    Powerful writing by Marwa. I wish I had realised when I was at school what a privilege it was to be there. I wish when I was a teenager I had realised the things I worried about were nothing compared to lives women in other societies were and are forced to live.. How easy it is to take freedom for granted.

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  5. usfman says:
    March 23, 2022 at 6:53 pm

    An unfathomable barbaric tragedy that deserves more attention than it has it seems.

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  6. Stuart L. Tutt says:
    March 23, 2022 at 8:59 pm

    Wow! What a courageous woman!

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  7. revruss1220 says:
    March 23, 2022 at 10:00 pm

    What a powerful, moving story! It is mind-boggling to me to listen to stories like Marwa’s and realize that today there are millions of people who live every day in conditions that you and I wouldn’t last five minutes in. Well, you might, but I certainly wouldn’t. God bless Marwa and her dedication to changing this situation for future generations.

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  8. K.L. Hale says:
    March 25, 2022 at 7:27 am

    Mitch, thank you thank you. What a beautiful hero. It’s vital we meet and know beautiful humans like Marwa! What an inspiration. 💛

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  9. Deepak Joshi says:
    March 25, 2022 at 7:47 am

    Thanks for bringing the story in front of us. We appreciate your work🌷

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  10. katiesencouragementforyou says:
    March 26, 2022 at 10:53 am

    Thank you for sharing Marwa’s story.

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  11. gpavants says:
    March 26, 2022 at 4:04 pm

    This is a Marwalous story.

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  12. hanul says:
    March 27, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    Thank you for sharing, Marwa.

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  13. hanul says:
    March 27, 2022 at 4:31 pm

    Also thank you for bringing this story to light, Mitch.

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