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Zafirah Mohamed Zein / Writer

Zafirah Zein is a writer on the environment and human rights beat. An old soul with restless feet, she is constantly dreaming of time traveling in history or her next adventure out of the city.

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UNHCR / Partnership

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

The UN Refugee Agency / Partnership

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

Credits
Data / UNHCR
Story / Zafirah Mohamed Zein
Visualisation / Loh Pei Ying
Design / Joceline Kuswanto and Griselda Gabriele
Code / Siti Aishah
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