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Women in Arab World Struggle to Gain Their Rights

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In 2010, a young Afghan woman was left for dead on a desolate road after her Taliban husband and his family cut off her nose and ears. Her major offense was that she ran away from him as a result of the abuse she was dealt by himself and her in-laws. This woman is now known as Aesha.

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