Comment preview: Is there any of her Pakistani food you DO like? If there are certain dishes you like better than others it might help to focus on those. You don't say how long since she's left Pakistan, but food is a major cultural signifier and tends to have strong emot ....

Comment preview: This post/pictures and my thought process after seeing them is excruciatingly surreal. I grew up in Pakistan and yet have no connection with any of these pictures on a personal level. I never played in the same environment as these children, nor had any fe ....

Comment preview: You think lack of proper birth control is what is causing people to keep on growing their families? Its more about culture and politics. I grew up in Pakistan and condoms are cheaply available. They have had a govt subsidized condom brand called Sathi ( p ....

Comment preview: So, first off - I'm Muslim. I grew up in Pakistan, so I can't relate to her culture, however I can tell you from an Islamic perspective. In Islam, sex before marriage is STRICTLY forbidden. When i say strictly, i seriously mean STRICTLY. Under NO circumsta ....

Comment preview: Late to the thread so this comment will probably get buried but here goes. I grew up in Pakistan and had to use a variant of this textbook when I was in Year 9 and 10. This is the standard text prescribed by the federal and state education boards. The orig ....

Comment preview: Many of the people here will be surprised by two things: 1. How often this happens around the world AND 2. How very resilient kids can be. I grew up in Pakistan and went to what was a considered a very elite and expensive school. We were lined up and beate ....