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Taking back control: Running a business in the infamous Moria Refugee camp
By Mustafa Mohammadi
A fruit shop in the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece [Ahmad Ebrahimi]

THE world we live in runs with services that people provide to improve their own and others’ lives. 

In Moria refugee camp, people try to do the same by opening shops. Due to restrictions, the police have taken down the stores. 

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Mustafa's article in the first edition of the Refugee Journal
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