133 All Very Hush Hush—Yemen, Where Aziza Wants to Help People Die

The Observer Effect by Seph Voigts

May 20, 202000:37:31Society & Culture

Aziza told me the religious police arrested her and her fiancé in Saudi Arabia. The interrogator asked, “Did you hit the religious police?” I was like, “Damn yes I did!” I asked if that experience changed her ... and hop...

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