Our Circumstances
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Last published Sun, Apr 7, 2024
While girls her age were dreaming of getting into a prestigious graduate school and getting their perfect, ideal job, Saliha desired nothing simpler than falling in love and getting married. When life hits hard, however, she wonders if she had been blinded by her naivety all along. As she continues on with her life, she constantly finds herself stuck in two positions: completely disregarding her real ambitions, and moving on from her dreadful past to keep remaining hopeful.
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