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The Princess, the Con Man, and the Ill-Fated First Contact between Afghanistan and the United States
In 1921, when Afghanistan sent its first delegation to the USA, it didn't get an audience - because there was another one there, unbeknownst to them. What follows gets weird.
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The Mirabal Sisters
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Sword-slinging Arabian heroine who stars as the heroine of an extremely long and entertaining epic tale.
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