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“...my mind was consumed with the idea of purdah. From behind it no call for help could be heard. An abandoned species was trapped in a forbidden world. Everything corrupt happened under the shroud, when it was off a faceless and nameless woman appeared.”

Quote by Tehmina Durrani

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Blasphemy

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Tehmina Durrani
Tehmina Durrani

Tehmina Durrani is an individual with an unknown profession, born on February 18, 1953. more

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