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This reads as a defense of inner self-knowledge against outside correction. It suggests that dismissing how someone sees themselves can also shrink their sense of possibility, especially when they are trying to become someone better. It lands in moments of identity, growth, or recovery, when respect for self-definition matters more than other people’s certainty.
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About Kamand Kojouri
writer, poet, and academic
Kamand Kojouri is a writer, poet, and academic, and a fellow of the Emirates Literature Foundation. She is known for her poetry and prose, and for two poetry collections, The Eternal Dance and God, Does Humanity Exist? Her poems and short stories have appeared in anthologies and been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her work has also been featured in El País, The Irish Times, and BBC Persian Television. Her poem “Let My Silence Grow” was later adapted into a chorale composition by Zachary J. Moore and performed internationally, including by the Luther College Nordic Choir.
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