Collected in FPQ 8

Noor, living in Dubai with her Canadian boyfriend, is caught between two worlds. Over the course of several conversations – really, lectures - regarding Peter’s thoughts on her culture, Noor’s mind wanders to the family she left behind, remembering the ideas about women and modesty that were impressed upon her from a young age. Reflecting on the contradictions inherent in all cultures, Noor decides to take her life in her own hands in a surprising way.



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