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Malaika
Malaika Malaika carries a sense of ethereal grace and a goodness that seems too perfect for the ordinary world — a name for characters who are genuinely angelic in their purity of heart, and who sometimes struggle in a world that doesn't quite deserve that quality. The name is often at its most interesting when the "angel" is forced to make difficult, human choices.
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