I needed a fresh start, away from...

I needed a fresh start, away from...

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I needed a fresh start, away from the memories that we had made for him, away from the home that didn't feel like my own anymore.Away from the people that had been ready to welcome him. Away from Honour and Ali.

- Ruth Ahmed
When Ali Met Honour
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Five words that were the hardest words I would ever have to say,Five pillars of my faith that couldn't save him that day.Five rivers, the Panj Aab, that didn't flow through his veins.Five minutes that changed our world forever.

- Ruth Ahmed

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- Ruth Ahmed

9/11 forced us to build another identity, to look deep and say who are we and what do we believe and is killing in the name of Islam part of that religion?No. No. No.

- Ruth Ahmed

It was things like that I remembered about Ruby, the incongruity, the struggle to find herself.No matter what she wore though she was always Ruby, always herself.

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The drugs took over and she fell asleep then.Only her face was visible, the medical equipment acting as some hideous hijab for her.

- Ruth Ahmed

Ruby clapped her hands in glee and gave a comedic wiggle of her head, Bollywood style.I know the song now, can even sing it, but back then all I heard was the verdant Punjabi, the striking primary colours of the five rivers, the intricate history of a complex land.

- Ruth Ahmed
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