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The Power of One: Honoring Nabila Ali

by Anera

October 19, 2016

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Anera honors Nabila Ali, an Anera donor from the Chicago area who motivated her community to raise more than $132,000 through social media and word of mouth for Anera’s relief programs in Gaza during and after the 2014 war.


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