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The Land That Mourns in One Language
A fighter calls on Fatima, a grandmother calls on Mary, and an older Levantine habit appears beneath both: grief given a mother, a witness, and a name.
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A fighter calls on Fatima, a grandmother calls on Mary, and an older Levantine habit appears beneath both: grief given a mother, a witness, and a name.
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