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Resilient cancer patient continues to run her poultry store


A map of Iraq with its capital, Baghdad.
A map of Iraq with its capital, Baghdad.

Herow Mohammed is a cancer patient from the city of Halabja, Iraq, who despite her diagnosis continues to work in her fresh chicken store. Speaking to VOA, she said, "Overcoming cancer requires someone whose will is strong enough to overpower the disease." Mohammed is among hundreds of the city's cancer patients who, due to the lack of a cancer care center, need to travel to the city of Sulaimaniyah.

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