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Anwar
Anwar Anwar projects luminous authority and a capacity for bold, history-altering decision-making that others find inconceivable. Characters named Anwar are often portrayed as visionary statesmen or intellectuals — men who see the light of a new possibility more clearly than their contemporaries and are willing to pay the price that vision demands.
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