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My name is Miriam. A good, Jewish name, my namesake was the sister of Moses, who sent him to safety through the bulrushes. Spelt slightly differently, it's also a good Muslim name, Maryam, virgin mother of Isa. The mother of an important prophet. A variant of Maryam is Mary, the Christian equivalent, from whom Jesus, son of god was born. Just for the record, I'm not Jewish, or Muslim, or even Christian, but each of the religions could lay claim to my name, and believers of each have done so, at various times through my life. Sorry, but I'm none of the above. I wanted to mention this first off to dispel any suggestion that my opinion ...