Mariam

When Aziza first spotted Mariam in the morning, her eyes always sprang open, and she began mewling and squirming in her mother's grip.

Mariam was taken to live with her new husband and his mother, who, she says, treated her like a servant.

Early that morning, Mariam and her mother took a minivan to Dagestan's regional capital, Makhachkala.

Typically, bombers leave a last testament before going on their final mission. But Mariam left no note of any kind.

There were times when, like a word on the tip of her tongue, Mariam's face eluded her.

Awaiting to hear from you soonest Yours in love Mariam.

The Soviet Union was lumbered with Fidel Castro, Mengistu Haile Mariam and the tyrants of its satellite states in eastern Europe.

Mariam's father scorns the idea that she was secretly married to Vagabov.

If Mariam was indeed a terrorist, she appears to have little in common with Chechen suicide bombers.

I was able to enter Dakar Senegal with the help of one sister by name Mariam.

With their chief imprisoned, Mariam told me via email, tribesmen are discussing the possibility of putting up armed resistance.

In Pakistan, it was difficult sometimes to remember the details of Mariam's face.

Mariam, by contrast, was educated, web-savvy and from a stable, middle-class family.

Mariam said she felt fortunate to have found refuge.

When Mariam arrived at the Women for Afghan Women shelter in 2007, the group's lawyers took her case to family court .

For the same reason as Mariam, none wanted their full names used.

I examine Mariam's old schoolbooks: they are covered in neat, diligent handwriting.

Other witnesses insist, however, that Mariam was still in Dagestan early on 28 March.

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