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`).join(""), pull: "The hand learns before the head." }, { id: "pilgrim-daughters", slug: "pilgrim-daughters", title: "Pilgrim Daughters", subtitle: "A journey to Najaf and Karbala, told through a daughter's letters home", category: "travel", author: "Zainab H.", date: "Mar 28, 2026", readTime: "12 min read", featured: false, image: natureImage("coast-cliffs.svg"), imageAlt: "Sea waves below layered coastal cliffs", imageCaption: "Mock nature image — coastline and open water", likes: 64, comments: [], excerpt: "A young woman's first ziyarat, narrated in seven letters to her grandmother, who could not make the journey herself.", tags: [], body: [ "My dearest Mami — I have not yet seen the dome. The bus from Baghdad was delayed by a sandstorm, and we slept in the depot under blankets that smelled of cumin and other people's grandmothers. I thought of you the whole night." ].map(p => `${p}
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