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Abier Almasri

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Abier Almasri, Human Rights Watch’s research assistant for the Gaza Strip, in front of the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa Compound in occupied East Jerusalem in July 2018.

Earlier this year Abier Almasri left Gaza and journeyed to Jerusalem for the first time. The cities are only about about 50 miles apart, yet it took Abier three decades to get there. “I just hope to have the chance to pray in al-Aqsa Mosque before I die,” she had told a friend. And she finally got that chance.