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  • Blog,  Interracial marriage

    How do you know your interracial marriage will work?

    October 16, 2015 /
    Black and white image of a crowd protesting race mixing in the US

    When K and I decided to be together it turns out, looking back, neither one of us gave it a lot of thought...

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    February 4, 2012
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    Living with less…

    November 13, 2011
  • Blog,  Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’

    October 10, 2013 /
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    The narrow gold bands jingled gaily as my mother in law kneaded the atta for the evening’s roti. They glinted in the sunshine when she reached skywards to peg the washing and tinkled when she raised a hand to adjust the duputta covering her hair...

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    Sex up your weekend with American-style pancakes

    November 26, 2011

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    December 4, 2013
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    Welcome to Canada – the home of over-priced telecommunications!

    December 5, 2012
  • Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    Traitor to my Culture

    June 10, 2013 /
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    Culture can be captivating and deadly – like a Venus Fly-Trap. You may be screaming to break free of it or banging on the door to be admitted. I’ve been both.

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    July 6, 2012
    The Truth About Islam

    The truth about Islam

    September 25, 2012
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    Censorship – muslims caught in the middle

    March 31, 2012
  • Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    Challenges of interracial marriage

    January 7, 2013 /
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    Making an intercultural marriage work takes dedication and strength, but on the plus side, we have a super-strong family bond, a vast capacity for empathy and understanding and the confidence that comes from knowing you’ve forged your own path in the big wide world and you have the cojones to deal with whatever comes your way. No regrets, right?

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    March 14, 2012
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    Truth, Justice and the Canadian Way – on the end of the Shafia trial

    January 30, 2012
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    Make Me A Muslim

    February 12, 2013
  • Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    What price a woman’s heart?

    January 3, 2013 /
    intercultural marriage

    Ten years ago today, I stood corseted in sumptuous silk, satin and brocade and consented to be sold to the man I now call my husband for a "token sum" of thirty pounds...

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    March 25, 2013
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    October 20, 2014

    Marrying into a different culture – The clash of East and West

    March 13, 2012

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