The language of internal monologues when you’re bilingual
I was just three-years-old when I first grasped the English language. Although I was born and raised in London, I grew up in a Turkish/Kurdish community and was immersed in…
Category: First Person
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…
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…
Am I a Champagne Socialist?
Do you uphold socialist ideals while enjoying an affluent and luxurious lifestyle? If so, then you are gauche caviar – or what British people call a ‘champagne socialist’. This term,…
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…
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…
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…
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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