In Munai, Lanao del Norte, Maranao children wearing malong a landap are grinning as they pose outside a house at Camp Kora-Kora. Perhaps because the Bangsamoro Organic Law had just been passed at the time of this photo, the young women, who are the children of Moro Islamic Liberation Front combatants, are unable to contain their joy. There is now hope for a future free from conflict.

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