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In a frontline Lebanese orphanage, girls strive for a normal life

Al-Monitor5 November 2026, 08:46 UTCLebanon

By Zohra Bensemra, Raghed Waked and Maya GebeilyTEBNIN, Lebanon, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Deep in war-ravaged southern Lebanon, just a few hundred metres from territory occupied by Israeli troops, Inaya Sultan is trying very hard to be a normal 13-year-old.She makes beaded bracelets for her 4-year-old half-sister Malak,dreams of studying medicine and spends time with the girls she affectionately calls her "besties" who live with her in an orphanage in the southern town ofTebnin.

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