Zuheera Ali
Stories
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Health
Why I stopped looking at depression memes even though some of them were really funny
If you've ever been online, you've probably seen plenty of memes. Kermit the Frog drinking tea is a famous one. They are often humorous, but there's a darker side of internet memes that focus on depression.
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Arts & Life
The racist practice of mispronouncing names
Having people mispronounce your name isn't just annoying or embarrassing. It's racist.
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My mom is proud of my English. But I want to speak Somali with her
My mom, my Hooyo, has a special way of teaching you so much about the world and so little about herself. She tells you the parts of her life that are...
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How to keep young readers from ditching Dickens and chucking Chaucer
Breaking up with Shakespeare? Done with Dickens? Between misrepresentations, boring language, and distracting covers, reading classical literature can...