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killed while waiting for his visa to get approved and the other was still waiting for his paperwork to be processed when Donya left. Dr. Anthony suggests that her parents must have been proud of her for being the only female translator, but Donya explains that she was instead considered a traitor by people in their neighborhood and her family started receiving death threats.
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