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    The document summarizes the plot and major characters of the book "My Past Is A Foreign Country". It follows Zeba Talkhani, an Indian Muslim woman who grew up in Saudi Arabia and discovers feminism, wanting to break free from patriarchal constraints. The book depicts her struggle to be a good Muslim while also demanding her rights as a woman, and trying to reconcile both. It also discusses how in their culture, women are trained to be beautiful, meek, and submissive while learning household tasks, while men simply exist.

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    The document summarizes the plot and major characters of the book "My Past Is A Foreign Country". It follows Zeba Talkhani, an Indian Muslim woman who grew up in Saudi Arabia and discovers feminism, wanting to break free from patriarchal constraints. The book depicts her struggle to be a good Muslim while also demanding her rights as a woman, and trying to reconcile both. It also discusses how in their culture, women are trained to be beautiful, meek, and submissive while learning household tasks, while men simply exist.

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    Elishbah Popatia
    The document summarizes the plot and major characters of the book "My Past Is A Foreign Country". It follows Zeba Talkhani, an Indian Muslim woman who grew up in Saudi Arabia and discovers feminism, wanting to break free from patriarchal constraints. The book depicts her struggle to be a good Muslim while also demanding her rights as a woman, and trying to reconcile both. It also discusses how in their culture, women are trained to be beautiful, meek, and submissive while learning household tasks, while men simply exist.

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    Plot and Major chracters

    • The Book is based on the life of Zeba Talkhani.


    • My Past Is A Foreign Country is an auto-biography of Zeba Talkhani, an
    Indian Muslim woman who grew up in Saudi Arabia, who discovers
    feminism and wants to break free of the patriarchy.
    • It talks about the struggles of trying to be a good Muslim as well as
    demanding the due rights as a woman and then trying to live with
    both labels.
    • She also talks about how in our culture, women are trained to be
    beautiful, meek, submissive while learning all household chores and
    men are supposed to just.. exist.

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