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November 21, 2023
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

For weeks, Ghada Abdulfattah has lived a double life – as a reporter and as a refugee in her own land. It’s thanks to her that The Christian Science Monitor has essential coverage from Gaza.

She has found ways to file her stories despite having no electricity. Her house has been hit twice – by artillery fire and tank fire – destroying her kitchen, though thankfully wounding no one. And twice, she’s had to flee elsewhere with her family.

In a text exchange over WhatsApp, she opened a small window on what it’s like to balance professionalism, doubt, fear, and love in this extraordinary moment. You can read more here.


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Delegates attend as Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi appears on a screen while speaking at the IISS Manama Dialogue in Manama, Bahrain, Nov. 18, 2023.
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Sally Snowman, in Colonial-style attire, stands next to a Fresnel lens in the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Hull, Massachusetts, Nov. 9, 2023. Ms. Snowman retires at the end of the year after two decades as the keeper of nearby Boston Light.

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A couple dance on a footbridge near Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 21. Since 1990, Independence Square has been the site of some of Ukraine’s largest political rallies for independence and freedom from Russian influence.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

Thank you for joining us today. Tomorrow, we’ll have a Monitor Daily filled with gratitude, in recognition of the American celebration of Thanksgiving later this week. We’ll also continue to keep an eye on the latest developments in the Middle East.  

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