Mothers
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Munazzah Chou, Farnham Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. It allows us to feel compassion and connection with others, empathy can help us to understand and appreciate the experiences of others and helps us to be more considerate and understanding. One experience which elicits abounding empathy among women is
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Shaukat Bhatti, Leamington Spa My friend from school sent her close friends an amateur vlog of her illustrating a make-up skill. I learnt nothing from her teaching, as my concentration honed in to what was happening behind the camera. The sweet repetitions, of mummy this.., and mummy that could be heard, followed by several nonsense
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Sameen Rashid, London Trusts, pension funds, savings accounts, property, even gold…just some of the ways that people have come up with to invest and secure their future. Financial freedom when you are no longer able to work is a blessing indeed, maintaining your independence and your dignity. It is something that many of us aspire
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Sarah Ward, London What makes a mother? Mothers are celebrated and respected across the globe and yet they come in many different styles. Every mother is unique and interacts with her child in her own way so what are the defining elements which link all of these diverse women together? Love? Every mother loves their
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Sameen Rashid, London UK has now followed many other countries in closures of public spaces including schools for the foreseeable future, as the world tries to grapple with COVID-19, or Coronavirus. For some mothers this comes as a relief; now at least their children can be kept safe at home out of harms way. But
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Fateha Khawaja, Islamabad, Tilford My parents always like to tell my brothers and I how much easier our grandmothers had it when it came to parent their children. My dad was one of seven siblings who grew up the majority of their childhood in Germany and according to him, my grandmother never had to reprimand
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford “Paradise lies under the feet of mothers.” When I first learned this Hadith I jokingly picked up my mother’s foot and pretended to look for something under it. There was no malice in this action though, and soon enough I grasped its message. Soon after, I learnt more Ahadith but the Arabic
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