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“What we did. What we fought for. Our history. Who we are. They won't teach it in schools. They don't want us to have a history. They don't see us. They don't know we are another country, with invisible borders, that we are people. You have to make them see. You have to remember it. And to share it. Please. Time passes, and people forget. Don't let them.”

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Book:Like a Love Story
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