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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Rita Giordano

The ‘Maya Angelou of Iraq,’ a refugee living in South Jersey, publishes a powerful memoir

Writer Faleeha Hassan had a strange dream.

She was in a public library in her native city of Najaf, Iraq, searching for a book of poetry by French writer Louis Aragon.

Hassan was miffed when told she couldn’t borrow it. But as she left, a librarian called after her.

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