1 part Complete They chose the path for her, but her heart whispered a different story.
Swabrah never wanted to disappoint her parents-but choosing between faith, family, and her own dreams was never easy. Raised in a household of tradition, with a father who's a respected ustadh and a mother rooted in deen and culture, expectations were never light.
They wanted her to pursue medicine-for ujra, to serve society.
She wanted Business Law.
She ended up in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management.
Now in a new college, far from the safety of home, with no familiar faces and only her niqab between her and the world, Swabrah battles silent storms: identity, anxiety, and the fear of not being enough. When an unexpected friendship with a bubbly non-Muslim girl begins to bloom, her quiet world starts to shift.
Can Swabrah find her voice in a world that never asked what she wanted?