Who is Amani Ballour? Why do you think the author chose to start the article with a description of her experience?

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Amani Ballour is a medical doctor that saved many, thousands of lives while working in an underground hospital in Syria during the horrible civil war in that Middle East country.

Dr. Amani Ballour is a 33 yeard old medical doctor that had to start to work attending hurt people during the battled confrontations of the Syrian War. Indeed, she is a pediatrician but had to help adults in this underground facility to avoid air raids and explosions on the ground. She adapted this underground improvised facility called "The Cave," close to Damascus, the capital city of Syria.

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