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Human Parts

Maryam Abolfazli

Feb 11, 2020

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This Is Us

I Needed Courage to Leave the World My Parents Created

The Stuck Place was a place where honesty and emotion couldn’t survive

A black and white photo of birds flying against a construction crane in the sky. — Photo: Robert Couse-Baker/Flickr

I grew up in the Stuck Place. The main difference between the Stuck Place and any other place is that in the Stuck Place, you can’t really be your whole self. Strangely, the Stuck Place is the safe place, the…

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Maryam Abolfazli

Human Interactions Observer. Depths goer. Author of Red Red Red Red https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HNGRGLD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_cKtTFb1B933R8

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