“I wanted you to have my last name. And I wanted it to be a burden.”
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"One or more of a Burmese child's names is almost certain to show the day on which he was born--a survival from our belief that human destiny is linked with the stars." |
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The Myanmar army has targeted the Rohingya, an Islamic group, and has perpetrated massacres that have the earmarks of genocide. Myanmar’s government has tried to prevent people, including Pope Francis, from using the name Rohingya. The UN’s Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has said “To strip their name from them is dehumanising to the point where you begin to believe that anything is possible.”
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Western notions of first and last names don’t really apply in Myanmar, presenting a quandary for people who speak or write about its leading political figure. |
