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My name holds my cultural identity

My name holds my cultural identity

A guest piece by Nicol Lamaa on why she's choosing to keep her last name

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Alya Mooro
Aug 27, 2024
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When I first launched this newsletter, it was April 2020, we had pretty much just entered lockdown and The Greater Freedom was still a baby, only six months in the world. It was, to say the least, a very fucking weird time. For every single person on this planet. And for me, too.

I had no idea what to do with myself or my life, this thing I had poured m…

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