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I’m on a quest to maintain my humanity while I study medicine. It’s already proving to be challenging. My first round of finals has begun, and I suddenly feel stretched too thin, distant from my support network, and like I’m rapidly morphing a fact-eating robot. So, my quest isn’t going so well at the moment. But I’m holding on! Tonight, along with about a dozen classmates, I went to a follow-up meeting with a local activist and hu man rights rock star, Moran Mekamel, from the Negev Refugee Center. And these moments of connection remind me of the fact that even now, as students, we have the ability to affect change. Let me back up – about two weeks ago, I took a trip to the Holot detention center, located just over an hour from Be’er Sheva. It was a sobering experience, and I’d like to take this opportunity to share some of the things I learned with you. There are about 40,000 people from Sudan and Eritrea currently living in Israel, including men, women and children. They go by many ...