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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, April 13, 2024

Hello! In this issue:
* A pregnant woman in Gaza takes us along as she tries to plan her son’s birth while the medical system is destroyed all around her.
* An underground network of Russian anti-war activists is helping soldiers abandon Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
* Alabama legislators want to make an example out of people accused of false reporting. Recent history shows it’ll hurt victims.
* We’re hiring a producer for Reveal!


** THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
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** In Gaza, Every Pregnancy is Complicated
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Lubna Al Rayyes (right) sits with her daughters Talia (left) and Tia (center) at the American International School in Gaza City in fall 2022. Credit: Courtesy of Lubna Al Rayyes

Before Oct. 7, Lubna Al Rayyes ran a prestigious school in Gaza City. She and her husband, a clothing store owner, were expecting their third child – a surprise at 42. She was excited but nervous, knowing it would be high risk.

After Oct. 7, when a Hamas attack on Israel kicked off a war in Gaza, every pregnancy there would become high risk.

As war forced women to fight to protect their pregnancies and stay alive themselves, Al Rayyes began to talk regularly with reporters Gabrielle Berbey and Salman Ahad Khan.

Eight weeks from her due date, after fleeing Israeli strikes in her home and then fleeing again, not knowing where she’d give birth, she told us she was depressed. Al Rayyes knows she’ll need a C-section; she also knows many hospitals have no anesthesia. “I feel down, really. This is not the life we used to have.”

This week on Reveal, Al Rayyes shows us the reality of being pregnant in a war zone. We also learn more about famine’s effect on fetal development and the collapse of the Palestinian medical infrastructure.
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** A Quote to Remember
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“What is it all for? Is it because one person has gone mad and decided that he could rule the whole world and destroy everyone who opposes him?”

Oleksii Yukov is part of a team of volunteers that combs battlefields across Ukraine in search of the bodies of soldiers left behind. Then they work with grieving families and put them to rest.

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** Alabama Lawmakers Want Prison for False Reporting Charges. That Could Have Serious Consequences.
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Alabama legislators are pointing to the damage done by a recent false reporting case in their push to make it a felony that could bring up to 10 years in prison. But this bill ignores two key points: that false reports are relatively rare and that police have a problematic track record of deeming reports of violence to be made up ([link removed]) .

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** In Case You Missed It
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** Ending on a Good Note
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This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Kate Howard and edited by Nikki Frick. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

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