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![Albania - Lepurush Village - Selman Brahim greets a neighbour](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/79436d9c-d3a7-4f7e-b7f8-470e7b1d0e7e/SFE_970201_0016_xgaplus.jpg)
Albania - Lepurush Village - Selman Brahim
Selman Brahim is 53 and has been living as a man for 40 years after the family's eldest son died. In the Albanian tradition of the Avowed Virgin, she now leads the family as a man. Village near Skhoder, Northern Albania
Photo ID: SFE_970201_0017
©Stuart Freedman
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