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    Forbidden love in Timbuktu

    Salaka Djicke reflects on the horror she endured during 10 months of Islamist rule in her hometown of Timbuktu, Mali. Salaka and her boyfriend continued seeing each other in secret, even after Shariah rule was imposed, risking death for a chance to love. Her body still bears the scars of the Shariah punishment she endured, after she was caught on Dec. 31, just two weeks before French forces liberated Timbuktu.

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    1. 24-year-old Salaka Djicke reflects on the horror she endured during 10 months of Islamist rule in her hometown of Timbuktu, Mali, Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013. Salaka and her boyfriend continued seeing each
    2. In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 photo, Salaka Djicke tells how she was jailed and flogged after being caught having a relationship with a married man, in Timbuktu, Mali. Until they were chased out by the
    3. In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Salaka Djicke stands at the entrance to the women
    4. In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Salaka Djicke stands in the prison cell where she was held for two nights by Islamic police after being caught having a relationship with a married man, in Timbuktu
    5. In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Salaka Djicke stands in the town square where she was publicly whipped after being caught having a relationship with a married man, in Timbuktu, Mali. Until they we
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