You don't know compromise until you have rebuilt your home … - Emtithal Mahmoud

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You don't know compromise until you have rebuilt your home for the third time.

Emtithal Mahmoud

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Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud (born 1992 or 1993 in Darfur, Sudan) is a Sudanese-American poet and activist, who won the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam championship. In 2018, she became UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, and in this capacity, has traveled to refugee camps in Kenya, Greece and Jordan, drawing wider attention to the situation of refugees.

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You don't know compromise until you have rebuilt your home for the third time. - Emtithal Mahmoud

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