She found herself alone in a new country with no support system and three children. She was desperately searching for community, a support network, and, unfortunately, this search led her to the local Mosque. There she found that monster who offered to marry her, to make her whole, and to financially provide for her three children. She must have felt so alone, so abandoned. And without any belief that she had any agency as a woman, without any confidence that she could be a successful human being on her own, that she did not need a man. She saw herself as a parasite looking for a host. She
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