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In the future I would love to go into the
tried this pandemic:
education department, particularly back in
my home country, Pakistan. The education

system still suffers from massive post-colon-

ial influence and I would love to work I
with some of the people who are new
Something l a n g u a g e t o u n b e l i e v a b l y a n d r i c h
currently trying to reverse that and - I ’ v e w o r k e d o n i m p r o v i n g m y
improve the national curriculum! U r d u , I w h i c h i s m y n a t i v e l a n g u a g e ,
t h a t
c a n
a d m i t
t h e
a n d
n o w
i s
d i f f i c u l t
b u t
i t s
e n j o y a b l e !
c o m p l e x
s o
F r o m
g r a m m a r
s w e e t
i t s
i t
w a s
a n
p o e t r y ,
i n v e s t i n g t i m e i n t o . a c t i v i t y w o r t h

Writing for the cultural
celebration’s column has been
unbelievably interesting. I’ve MY
FATIMA ABBAS
FATIMA ABBAS
found out about so many new
HOBBIES
traditions that, honestly, would MY
never have found out about!
HOBBIES

Reading
There is a certain sense of unity

amongst all the different
- its an activity that never feels like a chore!
celebrations that happen around
Poetry
the world and, although, it’s hard Writing
- it’s a big, big part of my culture! Reading,
to name, I’m glad to have observed
writing or listening to poetry is almost a
it through
tradition!
researching and writing

about different cultural
celebrations. Celebrations Cultural