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The same men who are placing all these outrageous restrictions on women’s freedoms in southern Somalia – that type of mentality – that’s what I had to deal with in captivity.
Amanda Lindhout
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Amanda Lindhout
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: June 12
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