Masarat Foundation

Category Personal Stories

My Name Is Sawsan: An Ambition Defying Rural Hardships and the Shackles of Early Marriage

I grew up in a small rural village where every day looked almost exactly the same.
There wasn't much time to be a child. We woke up at six every morning to prepare
breakfast and clean the house before heading out to work in the fields. We spent
hours under the scorching sun until midday, and when we came home, there was
still more work waiting for us...