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Shafilea’s honour killing: Will we ever learn?
Like so many second or third generation British Pakistani girls, Shafilea Ahmed wanted to socialise with her 'gora' (white) friends, wear western clothes and have a boyfriend. The reality was very...
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One pound fish to million pound hit!
An artist by nature and a talent in the making - the story of Muhammad Nazir is truly awe-inspiring. By means of introduction, Nazir was a student and a part time fishmonger based in the UK. Originally...
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Are British Pakistanis uncivil and lacking basic common courtesy?
According to a leaked email by Paul Sabapathy CBE, the former Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands, the British Pakistani community must be taught basic ‘common courtesy and civility’, after he...
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Stop celebrating Sadiq Khan’s victory, Pakistan, you have no right to celebrate
Sadiq Khan is now the mayor of London. There are countless reasons to celebrate this feat. On a personal level, it is indeed a great achievement for someone who was not born with a silver spoon in his...
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Amir Khan’s sexist comments on ‘women belonging in the kitchen’ are nothing...
Amir Khan, the world famous British boxer of Pakistani lineage, is no stranger to controversy. Although an extremely successful and talented boxer, most of the time, he is in the news for “other”...
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A father, a daughter, and the tug of being in three places at once
The only certain thing in this life is death. I learnt that very early on in life. It was one evening back in 1995, the time on my watch had stopped at 7:35pm. It was a Tuesday, February 28th, to be...
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Jerusalem, Sadiq Khan, and the right to call a place ‘home’
Earlier this month, two major incidents captured the world’s attention. Both are in dissimilar contexts and with starkly different repercussions, yet both unified by the sentiment of belonging, and a...
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Are forced marriages a form of modern-day slavery?
In one of the old dictionaries I’ve been using since my school days, the definition for ‘forced marriage’ is: “A marriage in which one or both of the parties is married without his or her consent or...
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Home Fire: A Muslim love story for the modern world
The latest novel by Kamila Shamsie has won numerous accolades, the most recent one being the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The novel, based on the Greek tragedy Antigone, delves into the modern-day...
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Ashamed of being ‘too Pakistani,’ is Sajid Javid ‘British enough’ to become...
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom Sajid Javid, son of a Pakistani bus driver, has reached the top of the financial and political world. His life truly does make for an inspiring story. Javid has...
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