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My life began with the First World War … and since, every day of my existence has been a struggle.
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The speaker describes life as being defined by the First World War and by continuous hardship afterward. “Every day” emphasizes that struggle is not presented as an occasional problem, but as a constant part of existence. The statement gives a stark, compressed account of a life experienced as an ongoing fight from its very beginning.
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- British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
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