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Leila Molana-Allen is a freelance visual journalist based in Beirut. Formerly with the Economist in London, she now focuses on social instability in conflict zones, displacement and women’s rights across the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. You can follow her work on Instagram and Twitter @leila_ma.
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Lebanese entrepreneur Aline Sara saw a gap in the market while hunting for Arabic conversation classes in the West. She connects highly skilled Syrian refugees with Arabic learners around the world, providing much-needed work for the teachers.
‘Really? You make beer?’ As the only female brewer in Palestine, and possibly the Middle East, Madees Khoury is challenging stereotypes about what women can and can’t do.
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