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... father is building a house- no architect , no map , no contractor , no frills . My mother says too big ; my brother , just like the old house ; my sister , too far . My father tells them : Go drink from the sea . Sadly , Fadil recites ...
... father is building a house- no architect , no map , no contractor , no frills . My mother says too big ; my brother , just like the old house ; my sister , too far . My father tells them : Go drink from the sea . Sadly , Fadil recites ...
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... father , talked about him as though he were a saint . If you had any doubts about his virtues , the three thousand ... father's strong arms . You do not mention the cries , the fear you must have felt , only that she was right : Sulaiman ...
... father , talked about him as though he were a saint . If you had any doubts about his virtues , the three thousand ... father's strong arms . You do not mention the cries , the fear you must have felt , only that she was right : Sulaiman ...
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... father's car , the Comet he crashed into a garbage dump . It's been eight years since that happened , since she was taken out of school , only ten but already a woman in her grandfather's eyes . That night her father left the house ...
... father's car , the Comet he crashed into a garbage dump . It's been eight years since that happened , since she was taken out of school , only ten but already a woman in her grandfather's eyes . That night her father left the house ...
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