{"id":935,"date":"2023-09-03T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/sophie-the-usa\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:04:55","slug":"sophie-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/?p=935","title":{"rendered":"SOPHIE (THE U.S.A)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/habibicenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sophie.webp\" alt=\"Sophie\" class=\"wp-image-125\" style=\"border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;width:300px;height:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">SOPHIE (THE U.S.A)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Volunteered From SEPTEMBER 2023 TO NOVEMBER 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">2023   I\u2019m so glad I had the opportunity to spend 3 months at the Habibi Center. 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