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In the quiet confines of a school library, a young Arab man, bound by his own self-imposed discipline, engages in a private, intense session of falaka. His feet, bare and vulnerable, are secured to a chair, as he begins his meticulous ritual. With each precise strike of the cane, he winces in pain, his breath hitching, yet his resolve unwavering. The room echoes with the crisp sound of impact, the only other noise his labored breathing. Each stroke leaves a crimson mark on his tender soles, a testament to his self-inflicted punishment.