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Andrea Bruce
The Washington Post

"Female Circumcision"


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After Sheelan Anwar Omer, 7, is circumcised by the midwife, she is presented to the other girls who have already been circumcised. Despite its reputation as the most progressive part of Iraq, Kurdistan is the only known part of the country—and one of the few places in the world—where female circumcision is widespread..
 

 

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