"Why should we hate the people we once loved because of a war that mars even our memories?"
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Frouzanda Mahrad (an Arabic poem, translated by Mike Maggio in: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press.)
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Lamia Abbas Amara
Lamia Abbas Amara (also spelled Lamea Abbas Amara; 1929 – 18 June 2021) was an Iraqi Mandaean poet.
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