Photo Of Syrian Refugee Selling Pens While Carrying Daughter Goes Viral

  • 9 years ago
Abdul was selling pens on the streets of Lebanon's capital city to provide for his daughter and son. Then an image of Abdul and his daughter Reem went viral. Calls to help soon translated to tens of thousands of crowdfunded dollars.

Over one million displaced Syrians have taken refuge in neighboring Lebanon.  

One such refugee is Abdul. He quickly caught social media attention after a photo of him and his daughter surfaced online and that led to a spirited fundraising campaign.  

A single father from a camp in Damascus, Abdul has been 

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