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The ban on the burkini, which is basically a wetsuit, seems particularly ridiculous.

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Mohsin Hamid
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 23
Novelist
Writer
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Ridiculous

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For me, language is about the impossibility of communicating what we precisely wish to communicate and this gorgeous attempt that we make to do that anyway. I love that we will never say exactly what we mean, but we will forever keep trying.
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