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Her History
Zahra's mother died when she was born, leaving her father to care for a young girl all alone. Being a New York Police officer, he didn't have much time to care for her. Despite this, the connection with her father was deep. He took her to family days at the station and came to every important day, but these are not the memories she recalls the most. Zahra remembers the pizza dinners, baseball games, and hospital visits; the way he smiled at her, called her "son," and kissed her forehead sweetly in bed. When he died of cancer a few months after her 17th birthday, she was devastated. In all her grief, a single question left by her father helped her to carry on: "Will you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?"
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Her Mission
After a deep introspective process, Zahra came to the conclusion that the best way to understand and fulfill her father's wishes would be to follow in his footsteps. Zahra decided to become a New York Police officer. She entered into the police academy and passed with flying colors. This, however, did not go to her head. When asked about her feelings on being the hero of her academy class, Zahra stated, "I'm just a woman, I'm not a hero." She doesn't want the glory of being in law enforcement, she just wants to carry on the memory of her father and make him proud.
Her Rhythm
Midway through the song, the tempo picks up. Zahra makes a connection with this in the fact that she lives her life fast paced. She never hesitates to jump on an opportunity and despises having to sit around doing nothing. She wants to be out living her life to the fullest because she never knows when one day might be her last.
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