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" I was never one for dolls. "

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" I am horrified by the moral amnesia that develops when a dictator dies. "

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" As a Muslim woman, I'm all too familiar with the media shorthand for 'Muslim' and 'woman' equaling Covered in Black Muslim Woman. She's seen, never heard. Visible only in her invisibility under that black burka, niqab, chador, etc. "

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