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Emi Mahmoud
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Sudani-Philadelphian from Darfur, round-earther, Poet | UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador | Activist, walked 1000km in 30 days for peace | Author of Sisters' Entrance
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Emi Mahmoud
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12 Lún |
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Love these young women and honored to be among them :) Ms. Jayathma put it best- "young people are saving the world". This #YouthDay reach out to a young person who inspires you and helps create #SafeSpaces4Youth today I'm shouting out @darfurdarling and @ziadtheactivist ❤ twitter.com/UN/status/1028…
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Emi Mahmoud
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Friendly reminder to drink lots of water and to advocate for refugees. Poetry from #SistersEntrance video courtesy of Dasan BoBo from the World Bank #WithRefugees happy #YouthDay !! pic.twitter.com/z8DYVTLXS9
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Emi Mahmoud
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12 Lún |
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Friendly reminder to drink lots of water and to advocate for refugees. Thank you Vale for your beautiful words! Miss you lots! Video courtesy of @Refugees summit- the brainchild of @GirlUp and thank you both for bringing #SistersEntrance into the conversation #WithRefugees pic.twitter.com/qJlp8fbKTL
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Emi Mahmoud
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7 Iúil |
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Thank you for the love @RedHourBen , sending love back and here's hoping to see you again soon! Working with you is definitely an @Refugees highlight :) I know it sounds funny (see what I did there?), but I'm proud of you and what you're doing to stand #WithRefugees #GirlsLead18 twitter.com/RedHourBen/sta…
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Emi Mahmoud
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7 Iúil |
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I've been making my brothers call me Ambassador since my appointment by the UN Refugee Agency, just to remind them that girls rule :) I'm thrilled & honored to represent the people on the frontlines of the biggest crises of our time. 2 years & counting, I'm with @Refugees twitter.com/Refugees/statu…
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Emi Mahmoud
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2 Iúil |
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Thank you @alisonflood and the @guardian for this incredible article. We had tea for a couple of hours and she managed to center the narratives that combat oppression beautifully, shout out my book & @Refugees It means so much to be heard! #SistersEntrance gu.com/p/8ndbz/stw
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Emi Mahmoud
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1 Iúil |
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Now RAICES is prepping for the psychological care these families will need if/when they get out. They’re representing whole families. Let’s be the generation who ends these kinds of issues, not the one who simply witnessed it all #BeTheChange #BeTheAnswer #familiesbelongtogether
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Emi Mahmoud
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—imagine being a child and having to be your own lawyer. We're living in very strange and violent times. Fyi, the first part of the fundraiser (paying bail) was a tactic used in the civil rights movement to get freedom fighters out of jail. Suffice it to say, it worked—
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Emi Mahmoud
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The RAICES fundraiser helps by—1) directly funding the bond/paying bail to parents stuck in jail on our borders so they can get released and reunited with their kids & 2) providing representation to kids in immigration court "76% of which did not have representation last year"
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Emi Mahmoud
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Today is World Refugee Day, but really, every day is world refugee day— last year alone 44,400 each day were driven from their homes, that's 16.2 million people, 1 every 2 seconds, 15 in the time it took read this tweet, 30 in the time it took me to write it #WorldRefugeeDay
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Emi Mahmoud
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I met Amina in Lesvos in 2016. She was standing #WithRefugees despite losing everything—not once, but twice— when she left Syria, and again when the boat capsized with her husband in it. I can't stress enough the urgency, reach out, learn more, speak up #WorldRefugeeDay @Refugees pic.twitter.com/puDE7MFnHh
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Emi Mahmoud
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12 Márta |
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To be a woman who fights for change, who champions good, who wants to make a difference is to face the system every single day and become uncomfortably familiar with its failures. Here’s to powerful women like Umm Jima, who fight every day for our right to exist #OneGirlWalk pic.twitter.com/0qxYTi4Hq9
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Emi Mahmoud
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12 Márta |
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It’s done—1000km in 30 days—I’m in awe that we walked it all. I am tired, but my heart is full, my soul ready for what's next. Until there's peace, we’ll carry this flag, until there's peace, we’ll carry each other. This is only the beginning #OneGirlWalk #DreamsForPeace pic.twitter.com/MUP2sV3wRL
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Emi Mahmoud
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19 Feabh |
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In two weeks, we've completely challenged every conversation in Sudan. It is inspiring, terrifying, and absolutely necessary, and it all started through poetry. One voice can carry many, and I am counting on all of yours. So, please send us your #DreamsForPeace #OneGirlWalk
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Emi Mahmoud
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19 Feabh |
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When has freedom ever not been dangerous, when has peace ever not been necessary? We live in a world where peace is somehow controversial. I don't know where this walk will take us, but I do know that we're standing together like never before #OneGirlWalk
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Emi Mahmoud
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19 Feabh |
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Today in AlRahad, I asked the people for their dreams for peace. One said "freedom". The official that gave me permission to rally said, "you are dangerous, Ms. Mahmoud. Your words are dangerous" I laughed. A smile masks the strength it takes to not respond to a threat like that. pic.twitter.com/iOHz3fOzY1
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Emi Mahmoud
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19 Feabh |
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It started out as a simple idea & quickly grew into a movement. Civilian peace talks, a historic walk- the crowds are quickly growing. We began in Darfur and are walking across the desert for 30 days, the aim is peace and we've changed every conversation in Sudan #OneGirlWalk pic.twitter.com/tjBcXBvw3x
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Emi Mahmoud
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17 Lún |
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Umm the tweets or the war?! Bc the tweets stop now...but the rest... Let's end it @LouisStall
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Emi Mahmoud
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17 Lún |
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Fact: a burning bush without God is just a fire.
Stand #WithRefugees
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Emi Mahmoud
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17 Lún |
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Fact: my grandfather didn't want to leave home, so he died in a war zone
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