Shada's back aches more and more each day as she literally bears her family's burden. Clothed in a black robe, she strains under her husband's weight.
Murtada, a 29-year-old taxi driver, was once a proud husband and father. But one morning last October, he kissed his family good-bye and set off to work. Within hours, their world was shattered. A bomb blew off both his legs above the knee.
"I lost consciousness for a bit. I knew I was wounded," he says.
"I was under the car. I saw my legs were severed, just flesh and skin. I was holding my legs, bleeding." Watch Shada strain to carry her husband
Helpless, the daily burden is now on Shada. She carries Murtada when he needs to be moved. 
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