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    Clarigations: 4 Short Essays
    Clarigations: 4 Short Essays
    Clarigations: 4 Short Essays
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    Clarigations: 4 Short Essays

    By M. Aziz

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    Contains the essays 'Englishness', 'Shooting MMR Theory in the Head', 'Pariah Pakistan' and 'Detoxification from the Final Potent Opium of the People: Islam to Heresy'.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM. Aziz
    Release dateNov 5, 2017
    ISBN9781370653843
    Clarigations: 4 Short Essays
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    M. Aziz

    British Asian male, b. 1979.

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      Clarigations - M. Aziz

      Clarigations: 4 Short Essays

      M. Aziz

      Copyright (c) 2017. All rights reserved.

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      Clarigations:

      4 Short Essays

      Mo

      Table of Contents

      Copyright

      Intro

      Englishness

      Shooting MMR Theory in the Head

      Pariah Pakistan

      Detoxification from the Final Potent Opium of the People: Islam to Heresy

      So, in 2016 I wrote some essays. I couldn’t elongate any one into a substantial piece of work and I wasn’t inspired to write any more to create a larger collection. But I think they’re interesting pieces to share for just one coin in your pocket. Think of it as buying me a coffee (though I hardly drink it) and for that favour I’ve handed you some sheets.

      Mo, 2017

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      Englishness

      I was a teenager buying some sweets after school from my local newsagent when a white man came in with a smile and randomly asked what do you see yourself as? Indian, Pakistani, English? The man’s eyes were directed at the son of the Hindu newsagent. He replied Indian, Asian. The man that looked at me, seemingly not satisfied with the boy’s response. I thought about it for a second and said British Asian. He said no, no. You’re English! If you’re born or live here that’s what you are! Myself and the newsagent’s son just smiled and the man soon headed off after paying for his paper.

      I have no idea why that man came in and randomly asked that question (it’s a true event, though I can’t remember it verbatim) but it made me think. Though I’m the son of immigrants from Pakistan, I was born and raised in London and wouldn’t even visit Pakistan until over 15 years later, yet

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