Fatma, who lives in Asuerd’s refugee camp in the Hamada of the Algerian desert, listens to the news on television every night. One day she has a great idea … to contact with a girl from another side of the Atlantic Ocean: Sasha, one of the daughters of the president Obama.
Letter to Sasha
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