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Ever since we had arrived in the United States, my classmates kept asking me about magic carpets. - They don't exist-I always said. I was wrong. Magic carpets do exist. But they are called library cards.
Firoozeh Dumas
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Firoozeh Dumas
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
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