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A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated.

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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
Medical Writer
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
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Women
Afghan
Uneducated
Splendid
Thousand
Chance
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these random unkind moment that catch you wen you least expect them.
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