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Chapters 1 - 2

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here. Viking, 2019.

• The following book is narrated by Samra Habib and written in the first person.

• Habib’s mother likes to tell the story of how intently she focused on the television screen while her mother nursed her as a baby.

• Habib’s mother will be the first to tell you: she has always been drawn to action.

• Habib had only been surrounded by women who did not have a blueprint for their lives.

• Habib’s mother was notified of her own name change when her wedding invitations arrived from the printer.

• Habib’s father thought Yasmin would be a much more suitable name than her original, Frida.

• It was one of the first signs that her identity was disposable.

• Her role was to be a pious...

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