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An Education: Mariama Diallo and PT Smith

The Moth

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The Bullies in This Story Are the MVPs of This Class

"I'm usually my favorite prayer. My head is not in it," she says of her time at a Brooklyn mosque. "And then I suddenly feel that silent, you know, presence that is very familiar to me" Her father confronts her about the incident and tells her: 'You've brushed shame on your family' She vows never to do anything like this again.

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