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Shaida al-Ameen is an editor for the Ahewar website. A human rights and civil society activist, she is also a translator of English, German, Arabic and Kurdish. She previously worked as a writer and editor for the Iraqi weekly Roj News.
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![Children of a Christian family, who fled from the violence in Mosul two days ago, stay at a school in Arbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region June 27, 2014. Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters, at least one of which crashed after taking fire from insurgents who have seized northern cities. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY) - RTR3W0VR](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/07/RTR3W0VR.jpg/RTR3W0VR.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=OTW5mm-P)
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