A Voice For Peace In War-Torn Tripoli
Your Middle East 
June 2nd, 2013
Despite the constant violence and struggles that Tripoli faces, there are young and outspoken voices being heard. Heba Rachrach, a 23 year-old woman, turned activist after she created a video in protest of the violence that combined the music of her piano and the explosion of a bomb right outside her home.
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