MADAYA MOM

The story of one mother's unimaginable struggle for survival

By XANA O'NEILL and RYM MOMTAZ



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This is the true story of one mother and her family who have been trapped inside the Syrian town of Madaya for more than a year. Madaya Mom is fighting off starvation, unsanitary living conditions and violent threats as she and her children are caught between warring factions in the country’s civil war.


 


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"Madaya Mom," is a collaboration of ABC News and Marvel.
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