SWAT, Oct 6,2013(Adnan Rashid / UPI Next) —- When hundreds of women chanted “Long live America” while protesting power cuts and water shortages in the Jamrud Bazaar in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas five years ago, they were not supporting the United States but a pioneering woman named for the world’s most powerful nation.
Born in Jamrud in 1948, America was named by her father, Akhtar Munir, who did not add the family surname, because of his love for the United States. As an adult, America took some of her namesake’s characteristics, especially outspokenness and activism.
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