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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Margaret Sitawa on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[in the silences of motherhood]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:38:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A little something for my future self]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:59:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Am I Really? Who Are You?]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:57:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How One Man Surprisingly Made Me Feel Valuable]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/african-women-rise/how-one-man-surprisingly-made-me-feel-valuable-0cfef0da4e5f?source=rss-fd77b4a5cc18------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/640/1*_x7nbZzemYA67Pe9i_aU8g.jpeg" width="640"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">I am a woman, and this is my story</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/african-women-rise/how-one-man-surprisingly-made-me-feel-valuable-0cfef0da4e5f?source=rss-fd77b4a5cc18------2">Continue reading on African Women Rise »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:06:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Validation, Surprisingly, Is Never Enough For Writers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:33:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Is How To Speak Fearless Poetry]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:16:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rest In Peace Best Friend, I Miss You Every Day]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:51:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why I’m Back Writing Now, One Day At A Time]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:04:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[And Sometimes You Do Find Him (Or Her)]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:56:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What is living?]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Sitawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:24:41 GMT</pubDate>
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