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The story of three Kurdish women in my life

Medya Mara Shikhagaie
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My Daye (mother in Kurdish), Tahmineh, is the kindest and most humble person you will ever meet. In her early 20s my mother obtained a teaching degree and was an economically independent woman. Soon after her m...

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