THEY were seven ordinary Scottish schoolgirls who achieved extraordinary things.
THEY were seven ordinary Scottish schoolgirls who achieved extraordinary things.
From left, Roza Salih, Agnesa Murselaj, Emma Clifford and Amal Azzudin were part of the Glasgow Girls group while still at school, brought together to take action after a dawn raid on the home of a schoolfriend's family
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By Catriona Stewart
And now, seven years on from their impressive battle with immigration authorities, the Glasgow Girls are to be immortalised - in a musical.
In 2005, the Glasgow Girls, then aged 15 and 16, became the most vocal and powerful pro-refugee campaigners in the country, appearing in two television documentaries and winning numerous awards.
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