He replied with a helpless smile, “Now I am addicted to it, although it hurts me now in many ways, only I know that”.

The more she told me about Judaism, the more I realised how similar our religions were.

Growing up as Shia in Pakistan, I heard questions like, “Shias aren’t really Muslims” “Why are Shias into self-harm?”

No one can imagine how many times I died in those five days. I died every time I looked at Baba, fighting for his life