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WhatsApp releases short film ‘Happiness and Love | A True Story on WhatsApp’ highlighting Layla Faraj, BC ’25

The film shows the role WhatsApp plays in keeping her family connected across the world as a child of Syrian immigrants.

By Salem Maru / Senior Staff Photographer
Faraj was the 2022 winner of the New York Times’ Modern Love College Essay Contest.
By Chris Mendell • April 8, 2024 at 12:36 AM

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