I'm an Asian, Muslim woman, and the far-right riots in the UK are left me anxious about my future in this country.
I’ve spent most of my formative years living in the UK. Since moving here at the age of 17, I graduated university, got married, established life-long friendships and built a career as a journalist at my dream magazine. On paper, that’s everything that I could’ve asked for when I was leaving my life and my immediate family behind in Kazakhstan in hopes of “a better life in the West.” That said, the thought of abandoning my home country and my family didn’t sink in for quite a long time.
As I sat down, he said: “I think you’re in the wrong section of the train.” Even after I assured him that I had the correct ticket, he proceeded to call the train guard and urged him to check my ticket – after all, how wild would it be that someone that looks like me could be in the same section of the train as him? Throughout the journey, he never stopped looking at me, and as I listened to music while wearing my headphones, he nudged me and accused me of having my sound on too loud .
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