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    The document discusses the author's experiences with injustice, oppression, and human rights issues around the world. It led them to volunteer extensively with NGOs helping marginalized communities and refugees in Libya, Tunisia, Spain, and Syria. Through this work, they gained understanding of different cultures and a desire to promote social justice and human rights through a career in law. Their goal is to become a trusted lawyer who can help create positive change and efficient leadership through a just legal system.

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    The document discusses the author's experiences with injustice, oppression, and human rights issues around the world. It led them to volunteer extensively with NGOs helping marginalized communities and refugees in Libya, Tunisia, Spain, and Syria. Through this work, they gained understanding of different cultures and a desire to promote social justice and human rights through a career in law. Their goal is to become a trusted lawyer who can help create positive change and efficient leadership through a just legal system.

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    The document discusses the author's experiences with injustice, oppression, and human rights issues around the world. It led them to volunteer extensively with NGOs helping marginalized communities and refugees in Libya, Tunisia, Spain, and Syria. Through this work, they gained understanding of different cultures and a desire to promote social justice and human rights through a career in law. Their goal is to become a trusted lawyer who can help create positive change and efficient leadership through a just legal system.

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    "Ignorance is bliss", what an absurd remark, I used to think, until

    the 2011 Arab Spring threw me into a world of Libyan crime and
    corruption. The sudden awareness of the despotic system I'm
    living under acts as my anchor; it weighs me down but also
    provides me with solid determination to create a positive impact
    on society. My fascination with the changeable nature of law and
    human cultures stems from my passion for social justice, which I
    believe can only be achieved once the law protects rather than
    oppresses, and that is the change I want to be a part of.
    My family's decision to move to Madrid in search of safety
    seemed exciting as I love diversity and travel. However, much to
    my surprise, I was introduced to racial and religious dynamics in
    the West as I faced prejudice and bigotry. Tyranny seemed
    worldwide, from the nonexistent civil liberty, women's rights, and
    rape culture in Libya, to the police brutality in America, to the
    burkini ban in France. Adopting a critical eye taught me that
    hostility wasn't fuelled by hate, but rather fear and ignorance. By
    responding to hostility with an open-minded and respectful
    attitude, I seek to counteract negative stereotypes and transform
    fear into trust and understanding.
    A quiet sense of self-reliance and confidence have arisen in me,
    guiding my desire to understand different values and cultures by
    working with marginalised communities. Through working with
    the NGO Wafa Relief, both in Libya and Tunisia, we organised
    events for Libyan refugees to stimulate a spirit of community and
    distract from the horrors of war. Witnessing their dire situation led
    us to visit the internally displaced camp in collaboration with the
    NGO 'Clean Up Tripoli' to promote healthier living conditions.
    Volunteering with the NGOs IMC and Unicef in an orphanage,
    revealed the blatant lack of state-funded care and education,
    spurring me to organise a fundraising festival at a private school
    to fund the furnishing of a nursery in an IDP's camp. I previously
    worked with children in the Child Art Expo hosted by the Libyan

    NGO 7th April where disabled children expressed themselves


    through art, which taught me to become more patient and
    communicative towards people with different needs and ways of
    learning. My own love of the therapeutic power of art and selfexpression led me to volunteer to paint images on the walls of a
    new school in Tripoli, encouraging a fun atmosphere of learning in
    the midst of war. Wafa Relief also promoted this sentiment
    through their education campaign, allowing us travel to two
    remote villages to establish the first nursery and library.
    Furthermore, visiting the Nursing home with '17th April' showed
    me the importance of interacting with all kinds of people while
    creating a space of support and safety through non-judgemental
    listening. Through the Dale Carnegie course I attended, I was
    drawn to the importance of people skills, challenging comfort
    zones and working in groups. I experienced the power of team
    work whilst volunteering with The Association of Syrian Support, a
    Spanish NGO, to load trucks with donated goods to send to Syria.
    So far, my participation in civil society has made the prevalent
    cruelty in our world axiomatic, teaching me not only how to be
    compassionate, but also how to maintain a certain detachment to
    remain emotionally focused on shaping a better future.
    Although I eventually plan to focus on human rights law, my main
    aim is to become a trusted lawyer while understanding and
    protecting the attribute that connects us all; humanity. Having
    been a part of the potent change that small-scale NGOs create in
    the absence of law and resources, I have great hopes for the
    formidable effects that an efficient leadership and justice system
    back home, and worldwide, could achieve, which is my ultimate
    goal.

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