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Posted on 7th Jul 20207th Jul 2020

We need to destigmatise infertility in MESA Communities

I was only 19 when I was first diagnosed with an advanced stage of Endometriosis, a condition where the lining of your uterus starts to grow in other places in…

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Posted on 4th Jul 20204th Jul 2020

An open letter to Malala

Dear Malala, Well done, you just graduated from Oxford University! As a recent graduate, two weeks ago you collected all of your personal belongings from your college just like any…

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Posted on 30th Jun 202030th Jun 2020

Does my Western sounding name make me more employable?

I remember my first day of secondary school like it was yesterday. I was born in Peshawar, Pakistan and my family and I moved to the UK when I was…

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Posted on 27th Jun 202027th Jun 2020

What Liverpool’s long-awaited victory means to me and my family

At last, the storm had ended and there was a golden sky for Liverpool. The title was decided by an old enemy against a contemporary one. At the end of…

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Posted on 23rd Jun 202023rd Jun 2020

For me, India’s authentic history is best captured by its literature

Framed by a socalled “Western” lens, India is often viewed as an exotic, faraway place – an image reinforced in Western classrooms, which rarely venture into discourse about Indian history…

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Posted on 23rd Jun 202023rd Jun 2020

Diversity and White Privilege at Durham University

With the #BlackLivesMatter movement breaking the internet and protests ongoing across the country, I have witnessed a somewhat performative activism taking over my social media feeds, from many who have…

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Posted on 19th Jun 20204th Aug 2020

Husband Hunting: seeking a rishta in lockdown

I’ve reached an age where everyone I know is either married, engaged or searching for a partner. I fall into the ‘searching’ category. I don’t know when it was that…

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Posted on 22nd Apr 202023rd Apr 2020

Visiting the motherland: My first trip to India

I had a line prepared for whenever someone asked me about my heritage. Whether it was in person, in my Instagram DMs, or on a dating app, it was always…

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