Modesty
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Fateha Khawaja, Tilford. When I decided to write on this topic, it took me a while to determine a coherent stream of thought, an idea to focus on because this topic, this notion is so multifaceted. What initially comes to my mind is the beauty of the natural world that God has created for us.
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Khoula Saeed, Islamabad, Tilford. A few weeks ago, I was faced with the question ‘What is Beauty?’ and it got me thinking; what really is beauty? My first port of call: The Oxford Dictionary of course. “A combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.” [1]
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Sarah Ward Khan, London Sometimes people stare at me in the street. I’ve come to recognise that certain look that crosses a stranger’s face of confusion and bewilderment. For I am a white woman in a headscarf – an anomaly, not fitting the mould. There is no cultural or familial pressure for me to conform,
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