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While most of the world continues to shelter-in-place, Team Snap brings you another installment of, “Letters from Lockdown.”
STORIES:
Guantánamo
Mansoor Adayfi comes from Yemen but was detained at Guantánamo for fifteen years. Find out what he did to survive the brutality and isolation of a terror prison.
Mansoor is available for speaking and writing. Find him on Twitter (@mansooradayfi), Instagram, Facebook, or check out his website.
Utah
If you could only write down one sentence a day what would it be? Dr. Judy Elsley found herself as a patient battling for her life.
An artist and retired English professor, she lives with her husband in Ogden, Utah. Learn more about Judy.
On the Run
Meg and Elena were in love… and escaping Russia. They set sail on a small boat, heading out into the open seas, knowing only that they had each other.
You can find Meg and Elena’s blog and books on their website.
Rwanda
In the 90s, Eric Murangwe was the star goalkeeper of Rwanda’s most beloved football team, Rayon Sport. He was also a Tutsi – at the time when death squads were hunting Tutsis. Find out where Eric took refuge and with who.
Eric now runs a charity called Ishami Foundation, which brings people together through sport. He’s currently raising money for vulnerable families affected by coronavirus during the genocide commemoration in Rwanda. Help him reach his goal.
Brooklyn
Estee grew up in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn where her then-husband isolated her from friends, family, and activities for nearly two decades. Hear how Estee’s spirit could not be contained by four walls.
Today, Estee lives in Jerusalem with her eight children and recently remarried a very kind man. She teaches Zumba Extreme at the Jerusalem YMCA. Hear more of Estee’s story in the Snap archives.
Thank you, Mansoor, Judy, Meg, Elena, Eric, and Estee for sharing your stories with us!
Produced by Shaina Shealy, Naomi Zeveloff, Liz Mak, and Anna Sussman
Music by Renzo Gorrio, additional production by Pat Mesiti-Miller
Artwork by Sanaa Khan
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