Seventeen-year-old Syrian refugee, Muzoon Almellehan, has found an ally in Malala Yousafzai. Inspired by their similar pasts, the duo now stand for the same cause: providing an education to those who have been denied one. They have rallied for support via a Change.org petition with the ultimate goal to raise the number of Syrian children in school from its current number of one in five.

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First posted on SHEmagazine.ca on January 28, 2016.