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“God is the biggest storyteller, and when we create stories, we connect with him and with each other across cultural, religious and gender boundaries.”

Elif Safak

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We're born into a certain family, nation, class. But if we have no connection whatsoever with the worlds beyond the one we take for granted, then we too run the risk of drying up inside. Our imagination might shrink; our hearts might dwindle, and our humanness might wither if we stay for too long inside our cultural cocoons. Our friends,…

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