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One reason i asked this thread is that in the book on damascus steel by leo s. Synopsis ghalia is inhabited by the soul of zeina, a girl who drowned the day she was born. When we tell stories about wars, we often forget that there are human stories happening around and within the bloody conflicts. A sign of wealth since biblical times, damascus steel was used to create the weapons of.
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