I am my mother’s servant. At the end of the day, across all the nodes of identity that I hold, the most important of them is the life that I owe to the woman that birthed me. She is …

A hustler 

A refugee

A survivor

A bussinsess women

A force of change 

And most importantly, she is my mother and the ultimate inspiration of all my creations. Her name is Zelalem. The Lioness of Judah. 

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