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    <title>NPR: Zain Asher</title>
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      <title>CNN&apos;s Zain Asher is grateful for her mom&apos;s tough love — even if it meant no TV</title>
      <description>Asher&apos;s dad died in a car crash in Nigeria when she was 5. Her grief-stricken mother used strict and innovative methods to raise 4 kids. Asher honors her mom in the memoir &lt;em&gt;Where the Children Take Us. &lt;/em&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 11:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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