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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
A unique accident, tragedy and ordeal has gripped Moroccans, and alongside them millions of Arabs, Muslims and others, who followed the rescue operation for the child Rayan Oram. The boy had fallen 32 metres down a dry well shaft, no more than 30 centimetres wide. The tragedy took place in a remote village in the mountains of northern Morocco, and could easily have passed unnoticed. After all, how many innocent children have we seen fall victims to tragedy and death across the world, and the Arab world in particular – in occupied Palestine, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen? Children who have died, yet w…