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Kamran
Kamran Kamran projects a confident air of someone accustomed to success — a man for whom Fortune has historically been kind, giving him a natural ease and assurance that can be mistaken for arrogance. Characters named Kamran are often at their most interesting when Fortune turns against them and they must discover who they are without her favor.
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