Episode 178: Turning Tradition Into Power | Lida Mangal | Founder of Ghan Fashion
Lida Mangal grew up during wartime in Afghanistan and now lives in Sydney, where she runs Ghan Fashion, an ethical brand preserving Afghan traditional dress and employing Afghan women. Lida shares her story of resilience, her passion for color and cultural heritage, and how fashion became both her creative outlet and her form of advocacy. You’ll hear how she built a life rooted in purpose, what it takes to run a cross-continental business, and why preserving identity through art and design matters more than ever. It’s a conversation about women’s rights, cultural preservation, and leading with vision.
“I want Afghani women to know we need them, to have strength & confidence. They’re important, they’re powerful, they’re needed both within Afghanistan and as part of the global community.”
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Chapters:
00:00 Lida’s journey from Afghanistan to Australia
02:10 Starting a fashion business with a mission
03:55 What traditional Afghan fashion represents
05:20 Empowering Afghan women through employment
06:45 Running an international business during conflict
08:30 Preserving culture through clothing design
10:15 What the garments mean to Afghan women
12:00 Designing for joy, resilience, and protest
14:10 The power of color in fashion and identity
16:00 How Lida discovered her passion for design
17:20 Memories of childhood and wartime
19:05 What resilience looks like in real life
21:15 Raising strong, kind children
23:00 Why belief in yourself is a radical act
25:10 How women can change the narrative for generations
27:20 Advice for staying hopeful and creating impact
It is a proud country and it'll never be occupied by any nation on the planet, that's for sure, because Afghan people are very strong people. It's not because I'm Afghan, but I see that qualities in Afghans. They have resilience, they have strength, and we will fight.
That's Lida Mangal and this is The Powerful Ladies Podcast.
Hey guys, I am Kara Duffy, a business coach and entrepreneur on a mission to help you live your most extraordinary life. By showing you anything is possible. People who have mastered freedom, ease, and success, who are living their best and most ridiculous lives and are making the biggest impact, are often people you've never heard of until now.
Every woman has a story deeper than today's guest, Lita Manal, is a fashion designer based in Sydney, Australia. Using her talents and business to preserve Afghan historical clothing, merge it with modern fashion, and empower women in her home country with jobs they enjoy and are proud of. Her resiliency.
Encouraged, developed in war to in Afghanistan, compliments her joy of color, self-expression, and honoring each person in each tradition. Get ready to be inspired and remember what goodness is all about.
Welcome to the Powerful Ladies Podcast. Thank you so much
for having me.
My pleasure. Let's jump right in and tell everyone who you are. Where you are in the world and what you're up to?
My name is Lida. I'm originally from Afghanistan. I live in Sydney, Australia. I'm a fashion designer and living with my three boys and husband and enjoy my life.
Cold winter in Sydney, Australia.
When did you move to Sydney? I moved in
2005. I got a scholarship from University of Sydney to do my masters and I came in 2005 and I finished my degree in 2007. And since then, I live in Australia.
And how are you liking it?
I love it. Australia's a multicultural country.
It's a fair country. It's and what I really believe Australia believe and we have shared values and it's a beautiful country on the planet. I love Australia.
Yeah. And of course Afghanistan has been. On everyone's minds, especially in the past year though it has been for 20 years at a global level with everything that's been going on.
How have the wars in Afghanistan impacted you and your family and how has it been watching that the past couple of years from Australia?
As you mentioned being Afghan and living overseas it has its own impact on on me, obviously on every individuals who are from Warton country like Afghanistan.
Watching my country from the past 20 years was, both positive and negative. Positive side was after collapse of Ban women were unable to progress to be in the cabinet, in the parliament and in the public and private sector
and
have leadership positions. And in addition to that, we had lots of universities private schools for both genders male and female.
So Afghanistan was really progressing again after occupation of Taliban in August. It really made everyone shocked. And traumatized. I really felt very upset. Shocked because once again, I feel and believe that Afghanistan will be going through a very dark history and era, unfortunately.
That
we are missing today. Women are paralyzed. They are not on the face of public. Every single basic rights of human rights is snatched from them, sneezed and oppressed, like education, employment, wearing colorful or their choice of clothing. So it's absolutely, especially in current technology or internet era at the way.
Hard to believe that some population like Afghanistan and especially women, are living in such a horrible condition in terms of poverty collapse of economy. So there's no opportunities at all for women now currently in Afghanistan. It makes me heartbroken, feel very upset.
Yeah.
Yeah, for sure. And your lover as Afghanistan is part of the fashion that you create, so let's explain that to everyone.
Fashion is in my blood. Look Afghanistan, Afghan women are very fashionable. They believe in colors. It's from generations to us. I'm designing vintage Afghan contemporary and traditional designs.
And if you look at each and every government, there's details. There's a history, there's the stories behind. And what really made me. And believe in Afghan women is the talent and skills they have. It's passing from generation to generation without gonna a faculty to any fashion designing course.
They know which colors to combine with which colors and how to play with the. Beads and colors, and that's something that I'm proud of. And the reason I start this fashion again, it was when a Taliban started stopping Afghan woman from wearing colorful design, especially my vintage heritage garments.
Is in a way my fight against this stereotype behavior of slogan and the positive side is that now women are working for me. I have 15 employees who are making these garments and send it true to Australia, and I love when. Australians and multicultural women wear my garments, my jackets, or anything from gone fashion.
The credit is going back to my country, to those women who are putting everything together and making those designs for me. And also it gives me the positive vision of my country that my country wants. Was very progress country. We had Kingdom, we had Queen, and it's a proud country and it'll never be occupied by any nation on the planet, that's for sure, because Afghan people are very strong people.
It's not because I'm Afghan, but I see that qualities in Afghans and they do not surrender easily. They have resilience, they have strength, and we will fight.
And for everyone who's listening, not watching this episode you have an amazing statement, necklace on, but
the necklace is from Afghanistan.
And it's called, it's vintage. Now see, this is such a beautiful designed. And it's beautiful. Yes. And yeah, so that's a beautiful country I have to tell you. But unfortunately going through thin and thick. But hopefully one day we will experience these solidarity and stability in that country.
How is it having workers in Afghanistan right now? Is it challenging to be able to work with them and get, the exports that you need? Or is it pretty smooth? At this moment
it's challenging. It's not easy because, unfortunately, the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is shut.
It depends on the products that Pakistan allow to go to Pakistan and come back to Afghanistan. Governments is something that is really difficult and it goes through east of Afghanistan. My government, when they're made. Afghanistan from Panda and Shaman to and from, to Karachi and from Karachi to shower.
And then they exported to me, to Sydney, Australia. It's costly. But because I have a cause and I'm happy to continue and support disadvantaged women in my country, in this country full time.
What type of an impact does it make for these women that they get to be employed by you?
They're very happy. I individually talked with them and recently I had a fashion show. Gone Fashion was asked to showcase its designs. And when I was posting the videos on Instagram and social media those women were crying from happiness. And they were like we are so proud of you.
Thank you so much for this all. And they really feel satisfied, happy because they see that their work is valued, their being is valued. And they are a beneficial part of the society. So that's what I wanna give them. That yes, believe in yourself, you wave valuable, and you being as a mass in our society, without you, we cannot be doing anything because we as women and men together are ama to each other.
We compliment each other. We complete each other. Yes, they're very proud and I'm proud having them and working with them.
Yeah. As you should be. That leads me directly to wonder, did you always want to work in fashion design? Was this always a dream of yours or how did you end up as a designer?
From very childhood. I have six sisters and two brothers from one parents, very big family, and my both parents are very well educated and my mom used to make our dresses at home and she used to take us to shops in order to choose our own garments, color and design. And since then. I started designing my own dresses and also my sisters.
And in addition to that, I was working with one of the not-for-profit organizations where we had some income generation projects and I had a bunch of women working under my leadership and they were making these garments. I was giving them designs and most of them were going for black and white colors. And one day I asked, why you choosing or making black and white colors? And they were saying like, because, we don't want to be obvious and standing outside and we'll be at to me. And I said, no, don't worry about that.
You need to satisfy your own, how to tell you. That emotional or that feelings that you have, because you have to have connection with whatever you wear that must satisfy yourself, and that's for you, not for outsiders. And yes, outsiders like colorful, like I, like you like, but since then I started believing that no, we have to be colorful.
Color is for Asian, every human beings. It's not only for certain people that live abroad or for only one gender. No. And I try to bring varieties of colors and varieties in fashion. And since then, I, it was in my mind that I'll be, when they become a fashion designer.
What a great story. I love your passion for color and how it's so tied to self-expression.
And a client of mine does energy styling and really talks about how each color represents something. So how do you use it to. Express yourself and align yourself with that, the energy of that color. What's, do you have a favorite color that you love to wear and you love to incorporate in your designs?
I love red and green colors. These two colors are my favorite, and I love each and every colors because when you combine, it gives you very beautiful combination. And as you mentioned, it gives you energy, positive energy, and confidence. So yes, colors are beautiful. Look at our nature. Beautiful, colorful.
It's not black and white. Because black and white gives you pouring, like it depends, but it gives atmosphere and so colors are for us for humans to enjoy.
I love that idea that colors are for us to enjoy. Absolutely. Even when you walk into a grocery store and you see all the produce.
And how much color, like to your point, there's so much color in nature, so much in the food we eat, the flowers, the, all of the organic materials on the earth are so colorful. And I come from a background of, working in skateboarding at one point and everyone wore black all the time.
And I'm still guilty of having to remember to bring color back into my life. Yeah. But it does, it can change a complete mood and bring so much joy. I don't think that many people have ever seen some of the traditional vintage Afghani styles and fashion. Where's a place that people can, see it and like really appreciate it.
Is there. A great book you recommend, or a website, of course, they can see things on your website, but where's a great place for people to go to see the vastness of all of the styles?
Of course there's different social media platforms today. It's not only non-fashion that I represent.
Unfortunately we don't have that like one concrete platform that we will be approaching and getting ideas and stuff. And unfortunately, nobody still date has got any book published on this. And I have a plan that one day I'll be publishing a book about this. Giving each and every ethnicity garment a history because behind each garment or piece of traditional design from different ethnicity, there is a story behind. And I know it's it's mainly from. Noad Co. It came back 5,000 years ago and then it spread all over. We have got beautiful garments from south, north, east, west, central Afghanistan, and Asian.
Every part of Afghanistan is beautiful. Handmade and has got its own unique touch. But if somebody's really wanna know about Afghan vintage designs, they can Google vintage Afghan vintage designs. They can get lots of pages. That they can have a look and yeah, they can purchase easily nowadays because now I'm very happy that like me, there are other strong women who try their best to keep their heritage and promote their culture.
Yeah. Especially when it is so deep and vast and rich. It's so fun to, to learn about that and to be able to share it with other people. And I do it's really interesting to me that the more that you go back into traditional clothing, there are huge periods in almost every culture of great color and use of it.
Yes. You feel special, proud, and beyond the moon. Yeah. I. When I was showcasing Afghan traditional designs and contemporary designs in lame Australian fashion show two weeks ago when the girls went to the runway, there was so much noise chairs for the girls. And after that, believe me, there was so many women and men came to me.
Even men, these design, it's so beautiful. It's so colorful. And I a with you because Asian, every culture has got their own unique piece, their unique traditional designs that you just connect with it. Like when I see Afghan traditional designs, it connects me to my grandmothers, yeah. Oh, my fathers used to make this and wear this, and I have one dress, it's almost 70 years old at the my business partner told me Wow.
The dress was with me passed from generations. Wow. But I'm not sure what is that. And it's such a heavy dress and all handmade. There's no piece of machine work in it, but very beautiful, colorful, different combination of colors. And today we all copying that design in different styles and think wow, this is really amazing because this is called talent.
It's god given talent.
And I am always impressed when you find handmade garments that you can't tell what's the inside versus the outside. It's so neat on the parts that normally people are like, oh, no one's gonna look. So it's okay if it's messy, but there's so neat often that you could wear something inside out and it would be just as beautiful.
Absolutely. When you go back to 8-year-old, you. Would she have ever imagined living in Australia and having this life that you have today?
No. No, because unfortunately Afghanistan was never peaceful since my birth. And I remember when I was eight years old, I was playing outside, but I was still hearing the noise of bullets, rockets, shoots, and it was not.
Yes, but I was always dreaming for peace from very early childhood that one day I have a peaceful country and we live in a peace with all that facilities that other countries have because our brought up childhood is completely different to today's generation. And I used to play with clay. I used to play in math and I used to make twice.
Hand. But support my mom and I enjoyed that. But yes, what was missing in my childhood was peace and security.
And is it amazing to you how different it is for your kids in Sydney?
Absolutely. When I see my lifestyle with my children we cannot even compare. I remember when I was going to school, my mom would be giving me a piece of bread.
My, but today for my children, we have so many vegetables es in order to be happy and enjoy the, and have energy to play. But my childhood was different, but we were much more stronger and clever. And happy and thankful, I believe.
Where do you think your resiliency comes from?
I think it's because I grew up in a very difficult and not easy environment.
From very early childhood, I was a breadwinner for. How my dad. My dad as I said to you, we have I have six sisters, two brothers, and my sisters are older than me and my brother's younger. So in order to survive in Afghanistan, you have to have males, especially boys. Because they are the ones that, they go outside in the social society, they do the shopping, they the, any difficult job is done by boys.
But my dad, because I was a strong girl by that time and he was always dressing me like a boy and he was asking me, you're my son. So I was going to grocery shopping and I once remember it was very difficult winter. It was during the war people were struggling. There was extreme poverty and we used to go to bakery shop and there was a huge line.
Five o'clock, my dad would be asking me to go and stand in that line and get bread and come back. And I had to dress like a boy with boy boots and jacket and I would be standing in the line with to get the bread and come back. And yes, and sometimes I would be selling the what to tell you.
Bottles and stuff like that to make some money.
My family because we my dad and mom, they used to work, but it was difficult. In that certain time. It was not always, but just was once. And I think that was the experience that I gained. And apart from that, I don't know, maybe it's inside me. I am born like that. Maybe that's also the case and of course the brought up environment and learning, getting experience and how you change that experience into opportunities into trends.
That's up to human beings, I believe. So each and every human beings have that strength, but we have to find it out.
When you were dressing as a boy to do errands and help your dad and make money, like did that feel like you had this cool secret or this cool access that your other sisters didn't have?
Or like, how did it occur to you in the moment? Was it a game you were playing to see how long people wouldn't know you were a girl?
Because it's, it was a shame for a girl to go and stand among a bunch of men and get spread or any other type of groceries. And I didn't want to show to outsiders that I'm bullied and harassed by others.
In a way, I was protecting myself. It sometimes bothers me because why? I am a woman. I'm a girl. I'm proud. I should be proud of myself because. It was not something bad that I was doing. It was something that I have to be and I had to be proud of. But then when I compare the society, then I say, that was the only option that I had.
Yes. Yeah,
I can imagine that it, it gave you a different view on the world because you got to stand in that line. Absolutely.
And my sisters couldn't, once my sister came with me and she stopped crying. She's older than me. And she said to me, you are very strong. And she came and she was crying to my dad and Mom, please don't send my sister anymore because I can't take it.
It's a very, it was really difficult moment once I experienced, because we were in the line and there was a big fight among me and one of the, man brought a snake. There was a live snake, and he just dropped the snake to make others scare. And he goes first bread. And now I see myself such a strong kid being eight years old, I was not scared at all.
And I was standing in my line. I didn't even move. But Nick, I would be terrified. Yeah. Yes. I dunno. I was really strong. Kid. And but I was proud that I'm helping my dad. Yes.
Yeah.
That was, that I wanted, but they didn't force me. But I, as a child didn't want my dad to go and stand in that line because again, it was a reputation.
My dad was army officer and I didn't want him to be standing and feeling embarrassed or something like that.
Yeah. You're a good daughter. Thank you. When you think of the words powerful and ladies, what do they mean to you separately, and what does powerful ladies combined mean to you?
Powerful ladies.
They have to, first of all, they have to believe in themselves. I believe each and every one of us can be powerful if we believe in ourselves. If we think that yes, we can do it. I'm not saying that we will not be having failure. We will not be crying. We'll not be going through. Stress and difficult challenges, but the way you cope with the challenges and get the positive result and make a difference in someone's life, that's, to me, being a powerful woman, it's a definition of a powerful woman is to give something that somebody believes that, yes, I can do that.
Yes, exactly. Human being like her. If she can, I can. I know we have different capacities, different abilities, but according to our capacities, we can, like now in Afghanistan, to me, those women who stand firm and they fight for their freedom to marry the most powerful women
on the planet,
because to me it shows that yes, they stand for generations.
They stand for the values. They stand because they think we, they believe, not think, they believe that we are equal human beings as me. Of course, biological are different, but mind and soul, we are the same and value. Yep. Yes. So the main thing is believe in yourself. Stick to your values, objectives, and make a change, a positive change, even if it's small change that's.
Something that I'll be calling a powerful person in the society.
I'm reading a book right now about called How to Be a Good Ancestor, and it talks about how a lot of the countries today are so focused on right now, and we're not looking at, as you mentioned, what are we doing for the next generations and how are we making choices to care not just for ourselves right now, but.
Five generations out, 10 generations out, a hundred years out. And as you mentioned, those women who are fighting for generations right now and being so courageous and, even selfless, if the rest of us could take one pinch of that into our everyday lives, it's, it reminds me that there's so much more power that we have within this that we are not using on a regular basis.
Absolutely. As you mentioned, everyone's journey is different. Being an Afghan going through so much, my journey was completely different. And learning from my experience and giving back, that's something that I believe is the positive outcome going through so much and always, something that I really appreciate is education, that my parents believe in us and he, my dad, let us go overseas and get educations from that backward. Country. He never stood back and said, no, because one day I'll be ashamed, but he's a proud dad and he gave us that strength that no, you can do it as my voice.
You have equal opportunities. Go and find and achieve your dreams. And that's what I'll be passing to my next generation. Boys or girls or anybody that believe in yourself. And the key is education, fight for education because through education, through Penn, you can achieve and you can win.
It's so important.
The not beyond the education and the learning and the tools you can find for yourself. I love reading and it gives me so much hope, right? To be able to escape to another time or country or experience. It being just the, being able to read and know how to learn and know how to educate yourself as well.
It's like I can't imagine living a life where that's not an option. And we have to remember how many people don't have that.
Absolutely. Absolutely.
So obviously the past couple of years have been crazy between the pandemic and different conflicts and wars and economy shifts and, the fires in Australia there's just been so much.
How do you stay optimistic and focused on your business and continue to push forward?
We, in our culture and our we have a saying, have hope, everything will be fine.
So this hope is energy gives you positive energy because life is unpredictable, and have your mission objectives and be hopeful.
Yes, pandemic was very difficult around the world. And then I was thinking of my designs.
I was playing with the colors. I was just watching different YouTube channels, other designs and keeping myself occupied and busy. And and during that time I also asked for a few designs to, to make.
And then because of the borders and this all travel restrictions they were waiting. At least I was trying to do something I was not giving up. And in addition to that, because I'm a mother of three children, three boys, so there was all schools from home. So I was occupied with my boys as well. And as you mentioned, I was reading and writing.
Sometimes I do write some quotes and small passage or lines about different things. And also praying. I'm a spiritual human being too. Like I connect to God in a different way. When I see this beautiful sky, beautiful nature, I think of the owner of the creator of that. If I see a beautiful woman or a handsome man, I think of the creator of that.
These all gives me positive energy and being supportive and giving, like I was making some videos going on online social media. Gives some positive parts to other people. My family and friends that we have to be strong. The time will pass and everything will be normal.
Yeah. None of us get here on our own.
Who have been some people who have been made huge impacts in your journey and how you got to where you are today?
My parents.
Yeah.
And my son. Yes. I believe I have the most strongest parents on the planet. Being a father of seven daughters or seven girls is not easy in Afghanistan, not easy anywhere because you are on constant threat.
From outside, from family, and he, two things I learned from my dad, he said, never give up. Learn, seek education whenever you are and then never be ashamed of your gender.
Yeah, which is such a huge topic today, right? There's so many people ashamed about themselves for something, there's so much negative self-talk.
There's so much thinking that we're not important and we're not needed, and I think that's complete baloney. I think you do as well. What do you tell your boys so that they know how valuable and important they are?
I always teach them and inspire them or empower them, that each and every one of you are unique.
Very handsome. And the most important thing for me is how you treat another human beings.
And be very kind and humble because today you are in the stage that you can support other needy children. Sometimes I play the documentaries of Afghanistan. Those children who are breadwinners, who are working on the streets, who polish the shoes of other, on in order to.
No difference with this. You are the same human being like these boys, but you are fortunate because you are in a very good country. This opportunity is given to you. Use it properly. Do something for those children around the world. There are so many children in Syria, Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, around the world, even in developed countries.
You can help and support. And yes, that's my teach and that's my belief that we human beings must support and help each other.
Yeah. You have such a beautiful message between, the valuing yourself and being proud and embracing your creativity and your colors. And what it means to pay it forward.
I heard, there's a great quote about freedom and we had our Juneteenth celebration here in the US this week, which is when the final slaves were freed. And there's a great quote about freedom that to be free truly means to help someone else be free as well. And I've been challenged about why I have a podcast called Powerful Ladies.
And from a Western perspective it seems like things are progressing. And the truth is the rest of the world, we're not on the same page and no, there's so many women's stories who need to be heard like yours. From the resiliency to how you're empowering other women in your home country and the light that you're bringing them, when.
When you look at what's next for your business and for you, what are you excited about?
I really want my business progress. And as you mentioned that so many cultures don't know about Afghan culture and I want to make it well known to others and accessible to others because it's a beautiful, and it's from a country that today needs.
Yeah.
And we support women, Afghan women around the world with their businesses. Indeed, we are supporting that whole country. And I am again, I cannot predict because future is difficult for us to predict especially in current time. But I always think positive and I'm always in the moment. I get my stock.
I'm just making plan. Okay, let's do modeling photo shoot. Some stalls and things like that, and that makes me keep running and hopeful for the future. Yeah. But in the long run, yes, what I did is more fashion shows more exposure to different countries.
And,
Allow and giving that opportunity to other nationalities to wear Afghan traditional designs in order to support freedom of choice for Afghan women.
And as you mentioned as well, like there's, so there's almost like a PR campaign, right? That Afghanistan needs of the vision that much of the world has been given recently of what Afghanistan is versus all that it has been. And to remind people, as you said, that this is a beautiful. Country with so many amazing people and traditions and value to give to the rest of the world more than they think.
Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. We ask everyone on the podcast where they put themselves in the powerful lady scale. Zero would be average, everyday human, and 10 would be the most powerful lady you could imagine. Where would you put yourself on that scale today and on an average day?
Look, as I said, everyone's story and everyone's experience is different, but because I am from Afghanistan and today, it's not only me, I represent those women who are voiceless, who are disadvantage in Afghanistan.
And I gave 10 out of 10.
Love it. Love it. When you're not empowering women and working on your designs, what are you doing for fun? I'm not a really good cook.
I, I love gardening. I love gardening. I love decoration sometimes I do painting. It's just a hobby. My husband is really very good cook, so he always allows me not to cook, which is very positive.
But there is, I do cleaning washing and going outside with my children. Love to go to cafe and enjoy morning tea. Breakfast. Love coffee.
Yes. And have you found a really great community for yourself and friends in Sydney?
Yes. Afghan community is fantastic, very supportive, and I'm really proud of each and every one of them because they each and every one of those. Women are doing something for the community, for the diverse community. And I love Asian, every community being Indian and Indians, Sri Lankans, Australians. Amazing women are amazing. I have to, that we are very strong and a way of thinking of women is completely different.
Yeah.
Yeah. The Powerful Ladies community is global and powerful, and I'm a big believer that there's someone out there holding the next key that you need on your journey. What is something that you need that perhaps this community can provide for you?
I think first of all, I'm very fortunate and blessed to be part of this powerful woman's community that I'm today stepping in and I want continuation and I want continuous support give and take because.
We as women, your journey, your experience and knowledge is different. Mine is different. And together we can make a difference together. We can make a change. And I believe that being in US and today, we connect Australia with us and to different woman from completely different background. But we have lots of things in common.
Yeah. And that is something that you cannot find it, it's unique. And let's continue that. Let's spread that and bring more women, more, more strong women, and make it huge. And hopefully one day we'll have a face to face conference or dialogue that, that we can really bring cheers on the faces of those that really need our support and.
I love that. It has been such a pleasure to meet you today and to get to share your story. I cannot wait to hear the feedback from everyone listening, but thank you so much for being a yes to me, to the powerful ladies, and to all the women that you are empowering, supporting, and cheering on along the way.
Thank you so much for having me. God bless you, and I wish you all very best. And I wish each and every woman shine like you today and stand in the position that I. You and somebody else say, I'm proud of her.
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