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Amina Idris

A shelter from the storm: Ukrainian teen’s spirit renewed by high school sports after she and mother flee to Woodstock

May 23, 2023

By Lisa Kunzienews@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock High School sophomore Amina Idris has done a lot in the past year and a half that she never would have imagined. She joined a tennis team, played basketball, and recently competed in the IHSA 2A State Track and Field meet. And, she and her mother fled for their lives from […]

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