The Power of Social Media

In January 5, 2019 Rahaf Mohammed opened a Twitter handle, @rahaf84427714, and sent a tweet stating that she was running from her family who were trying to send her back to Saudi Arabia. Rahaf, who is 18, barricaded herself in a hotel room inside Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, during a family vacation, in order to prevent her forced return to a family she claimed would kill her. Following Rahaf’s tweet, which was translated from Arabic to English by Egyptian-American author, Mona Eltahawy (@m

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