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This reads as a reminder that fear can feel like an external force, but is often what hands control away. It can be taken to mean that agency returns when you see the fear clearly instead of obeying it. In a situation like speaking up after being intimidated, the point is not that the fear vanishes, but that it stops deciding for you.
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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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