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I grew up in the religious dictatorship of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mine and many of my generation’s is a bitter story of discrimination and oppression under the veil of Sharia. As if the wings we used to have have been clipped to make sure we would never be able to spread them and fly away.

— Darya Safai

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I grew up in the religious dictatorship of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mine and many of my generation’s is a bitter story of discrimination and oppression under the veil of Sharia. As if the wings we used to have have been clipped to make sure we would never be able to spread them and fly away." in the context of ""Speech at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy" (2016)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Darya Safai

About Darya Safai

Darya Safai (Farsi: دریا صفایی) (born 7 April 1975) is an Iranian-born Belgian author, human rights activist and politician.