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[ONLINE] BROOMSTICKS AND BACKACHES: ON SUPERSTITIONS IN PAKISTAN

July 11, 2013

IMG_5192“Well there’s only one thing I can do. I have to find two sisters who’ve married two brothers and have one of the sisters press her heels into my back seven times after sunset.” Intrigued? Read my story for Medium on superstitions in Pakistan to find out what this is all about.

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