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Jan 2020
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13- Adoption (Part 1)

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Hey! Welcome to the first episode of 2020 !

In this episode, we hear from Ibtisam Al Riyami and Issam Al Kindi about what it was like to adopt.

Reference: Born In Our Hearts

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