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Marwa Awad

Freelance contributor

Marwa Awad is a Canadian humanitarian aid worker who has worked with the World Food Programme in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Italy and most recently South Sudan. Previously, she was a journalist working with Reuters, the Guardian and Al Arabiya. Awad was born in Egypt and moved to Canada with her parents as a child.

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    Humanitarian aid isn't enough in South Sudan. Farmers also need help fighting the climate crisis

    Much of the world's humanitarian aid in Africa focuses on emergency assistance — putting out the fires of conflict and hunger — but more is needed for initiatives that focus on climate adaptation, writes Marwa Awad.
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    Our lockdown is only a glimpse into the difficult lives of the war-torn and displaced

    At least in Canada and other western countries we know that our isolation will end eventually, in contrast to those displaced by conflict and living in camps and shelters around the world, writes Marwa Awad.
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