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Testimony: Zainab’s story:

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Zainab* stepped on an improvised explosive device when she was running through the streets of
Mosul trying to flee fighting between the Islamic State (IS) group and the Iraqi forces. Hours later
Zainab woke up in a hospital south of Mosul. She had badly broken her leg and had lost a lot of
blood. Over the past year, she has suffered immensely as she has tried to access healthcare in
Mosul to fix her broken leg. But in this city still recovering from conflict, health facilities for the
war-wounded are scarce. Zainab is now receiving treatment in the Médecins Sans Frontières /
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) surgery and post-operative care unit in east Mosul. This is Zainab’s
story:

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