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Melissa Tabeek is a freelance journalist currently based in Beirut. She reports on politics, culture and social issues in the Middle East. She holds an MA in journalism from Northeastern University.
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![Ahmad Sadek, a 13-year-old Syrian boy, receives medical treatment from a nurse in a government hospital in Tripoli, North Lebanon June 4, 2012. According to hospital officials, Ahmad was wounded four days ago during shelling by government forces in the town of Qusair in Syria. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR332UZ](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR332UZ.jpg/RTR332UZ.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=UCY0_jpD)
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