She was born Mona May Ratner in Bessarabia, a province of Tsarist Russia, part of which is now in Ukraine.

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The project took time to come together and it was only after much searching and heading down a few dead ends that Marwah found Mona, as many of those she approached did not want to talk about their illness as it may jeopardise their position in society.

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