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Why I’m celebrating World Water Day, rain or shine.
The Wadi al Mujib Dam in Jordan (Photo by Flickr user SushiCircus) Growing up in Jordan, we were taught in school just how scarce water is. There were constant campaigns on how to use water, how...
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As if high school isn’t awkward enough, I’m sitting among tittering teenagers in Chief Sealth’s auditorium listening to a man yell about poop. Today is World Water Day, but at Chief Sealth...
View ArticleWomen, water and what it means to ‘have it all’
For millions of women and girls in poor countries, collecting water for their families each day is not just a chore—it’s a symbol of gender oppression. I wonder what Mari Tuji would say if I asked her...
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