WHEN SILENCE ISNT PEACE
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Last published Mon, Jan 12, 2026
"I used to be a princess. Now I'm a wife to a stranger, in a country that doesn't feel like home."
Aleenah thought life would begin after school - maybe she'd study medicine, maybe fall in love.
But then her father fell sick, a marriage was arranged, and her voice was buried under everyone else's decisions.
Now she's trapped between duty and heartbreak. Between who she was and who she's expected to be.
A raw, emotional Muslim love story about family, sacrifice, betrayal, and the things we never say.
Sometimes, silence isn't peace. It's survival.
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