diff --git a/strings/is_palindrome.py b/strings/is_palindrome.py
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+def is_palindrome(s: str) -> bool:
+    s = s.lower().replace(" ", "")
+    return s == s[::-1]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(is_palindrome("madam"))  # True
+    print(is_palindrome("hello"))  # False