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Gaza's Unlikely 'Mama' Rises to Care for Orphaned Baby Amid Conflict and Grief

Maha, a 60-year-old woman from Gaza, has taken on the role of an orphaned baby's mother after being referred to as 'Mama' by the child, whom she is raising alongside her sister Huriya and Hamza's father Omar al-Rubaie. Maha and her sister have been caring for Omar since he was 15 years old following their father's death in 2008.

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