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Samra’s story: When marital abuse did not break her

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  I was 16 when I was forced to marry a stranger and move from the United Arab 
Emirates to Canada. 
Over the next decade, 
I was isolated, humiliated and assaulted. The whole time, 
I was planning my escape​ In 1999, in Abu Dhabi, Samra was a brilliant 16-years-old student of grade 11, dreaming to […]