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Published: April 29, 2020, 4 p.m.

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While most of the world continues to shelter-in-place, Team Snap brings you the third installment of, "Letters from Lockdown.\\u201d\\xa0

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STORIES

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Jericho

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Osama Iliwat spent days in solitary confinement inside an Israeli prison during the First and Second Palestinian Intifadas. Learn how peace reached him\\xa0in the midst of conflict.

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Today, Osama runs a cell phone shop in Jericho, is a peace activist, and leads international tours in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. He advocates for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians and speaks to international groups with an organization called Combatants for Peace.\\xa0

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Rwanda

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In the 90s, Eric Murangwa was the star goalkeeper of Rwanda\\u2019s most beloved football team, Rayon Sport. He was also a Tutsi - at the time when death squads were hunting Tutsis. Find out where - and with who - Eric took refuge.

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Eric now runs a charity called Ishami Foundation, which brings people together through sport.\\xa0 He\\u2019s currently raising money for vulnerable families affected by coronavirus during the genocide commemoration in Rwanda. Help him reach his goal.\\xa0

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Brooklyn

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Estee grew up in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn where her then-husband isolated her from friends, family, and activities for nearly two decades. Hear how Estee\\u2019s spirit could not be contained by four walls.\\xa0

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Today, Estee lives in Jerusalem with her eight children and recently remarried a very kind man. She teaches Zumba Extreme at the Jerusalem YMCA.\\xa0Hear more of Estee\\u2019s story in the Snap archives.

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Thank you, Osama, Eric, and Estee for sharing your stories with us!

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Produced by Shaina Shealy,\\xa0Naomi Zeveloff, Liz Mak, and Anna Sussman

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Music by Renzo Gorrio, additional production by Pat Mesiti-Miller

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Artwork by\\xa0Sanaa Khan

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Digital Producer: Marisa Dodge

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Season 11 - Episode 12

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Our team is working quickly to put together more pieces of advice from people all over the world - stay tuned for more. And if you have advice from a past lockdown you\\u2019d like to share with Snap Nation - reach out to us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook - or email pitches@snapjudgment.org\\xa0

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The beat doesn\\u2019t happen without YOU.\\xa0Support Snap storytelling... stories you won\'t hear anywhere else.

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