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Through my experience, I have learned that obstacles cannot hinder our capacity to achieve our dream when we are determined! Life, with its problems and trials, will turn us into warriors as long as we do not give in to them.

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2014 was a “separating year” in my life due to the death of my father from a fire in our house and then, not two months later, my older brother, Tawfiq Marafiqah, was assassinated. These two events were enough to turn my life upside down.

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My other goals this year are to start sharing educational content on YouTube and, as a step toward my future ambition, work as a reporter and presenter on an Arab news channel.

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I recently had the opportunity to participate in a council election which helped influence the idea that those who suffer from a disability should have the right to thrive in life. Their highest ambition should not have to be getting a wheelchair from the government.

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The bullet hit just 12 centimeters from my spinal cord, leaving me only to hope that walking again would be possible!

I am Mohsen Ben Daw and I was born in 1992 in the city of Tajoura.

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They found out that nothing can hinder my ability to play just like them!

Today, I am a young married man. I have a daughter who turned one a few days ago. I am still working and doing my hobbies as normal.