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Aya Hijazi

Aya Hijazi, founder of a nonprofit charity that looks after Egyptian street children, sat reading a book inside a holding cell as she faced trial in a courthouse in Cairo, Egypt on March 23.
Justice
American charity worker in Egypt is acquitted after three years in jail
Morning circle time with Aya Hijazi and some of the children the group works with outside the Belady Foundation.
Justice
In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison