In a frontline Lebanese orphanage, girls strive for a normal life

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In a frontline Lebanese orphanage, girls strive for a normal life

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At an orphanage in Tebnin, southern Lebanon, 13-year-old Inaya Sultan tries to maintain a normal life amid war and nearby Israeli troop presence. She makes bracelets with her younger half-sister and dreams of studying medicine.

By Zohra Bensemra, Raghed Waked and Maya Gebeily TEBNIN, Lebanon, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Deep in war-ravaged southern Lebanon, just a few hundred metres from territory occupied by Israeli troops, Inaya Sultan is trying very hard to be a normal 13-year-old. She makes beaded bracelets for her 4-year-old half-sister Malak,dreams of studying medicine and spends time with the girls she affectionately calls her "besties" who live with her in an orphanage in the southern town ofTebnin.

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