Anna Jagodzinska by Mariano Vivianco for Vogue Turkey, June 2011.
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Mariam had wished for so much in those final moments. Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sense of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the harami child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable, regrettable accident. And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Mariam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad. This was a legitimate end to a life of illegitimate beginnings.
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