PCOS: A Test Of Faith

At 14, Noor already feels like an outsider in her own skin. Her face is covered in stubborn pimples, her body is curvy in all the wrong ways, and no boy at school ever looks her way. Some girls call her a friend, but none of them know the truth-no one does.

At home, she is a disgrace. Her mother's disappointed stares, her relatives' harsh words-lazy, careless, a burden-weigh on her more than the pain in her body. The only ones who know about her PCOS are her father, mother, and brother, but even they don't understand what it's like to be trapped in a body that refuses to listen.

Every day is a battle-against the cysts that drain her strength, the stares that make her feel invisible, and the expectations she will never meet. She keeps her pain a secret, hides her tears behind forced smiles, and prays that one day, things will get better.

But how do you fight a war when your own body is the enemy?