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"I want every girl who went through something as I have ... just not to be quiet about it and not to keep things inside of her," says a 16 year old Syrian filmmaker who uses the name Walaa al Alawi.

A Syrian teen’s video diary combines magical imagery and gritty reality

Media

“The Girl Whose Shadow Reflects the Moon” is the creation of a 16-year-old Syrian refugee who wants her story to empower other girls growing up in wartime.

Teen Pregnancies On the Decline

The World

Does the summer job exist anymore?

Business, Economics and Jobs
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A Teenager’s So-Called Financial Life

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Teenage Wasteland? How Teen Texting Affects Behavior

Arts, Culture & Media
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