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Kia Abdullah
@KiaAbdullah
Author. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DARK is out now.
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Aug 22, 2023
    I did a 90-stop tour of my @TfL billboards and posters. If I’d known it would take 27 hours over 2.5 days, I wouldn't have attempted it, but here we are. Please enjoy my journey from Uxbridge to Hatton Cross to Theydon Bois and the many – oh god, so very many – places in between.
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Aug 8, 2022
    Next week, my working-class Bengali family marries into a working-class white family. We decided to wear western dress to fit in with them. Today I found out that they're wearing Asian clothes to fit in with us. ♥️
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Jan 31, 2022
    Last week, I signalled for the bill in a restaurant. A young couple were sitting next to me and the girl said to the boy, "Do you know why they ask for the bill like that? Because you used to have to sign it." And now I will die of old age.
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Feb 7, 2021
    Do all Muslim women in the public eye have to speak for all Muslim women or are they allowed to, y’know, speak for themselves? Asking for several friends.
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Oct 3, 2022
    When I was eight years old, Prince Charles visited my school, Cayley Primary in Tower Hamlets. I wanted to meet him but it was after school hours and I had to go to the laundrette with my mum. I wish I could tell that kid that, one day, she’d be a guest of the King of England.
    An invitation for Kia Abdullah to a reception at The Palace of Holyroodhouse by The King and The Queen Consort.
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Sep 22, 2019
    Replying to @Sathnam
    I once took a massive mouthful of noodles only to discover they were strips of raw fish. Swallowed it obviously.
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Sep 2, 2021
    how it started vs how it’s going
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Aug 3, 2021
    Trying to do my makeup while listening to @nazirafzal on #DesertIslandDiscs was a mistake. Weeping. What an extraordinary man. 🙏🏽
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    Desert Island Discs - Nazir Afzal, lawyer - BBC Sounds
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Dec 21, 2020
    In the @guardian today talking about my efforts to relearn Bengali after struggling to talk to my mum.
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    When my mother said she was lonely, I knew I had to relearn my Bengali language | Kia Abdullah
    From theguardian.com
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Nov 16, 2021
    Earlier this year, I was having drinks with some friends: two barristers, a restaurateur, an MBA student and a photographer. At one point, the restaurateur – I'll call her T – mentioned that her family used to get bricks through their window where she grew up in Hampshire. (1/7)
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Aug 11, 2023
    Ohhh myyy god. My first ever billboards. 👇🏽 There will be around 100 going live from Monday. If you see one, please snap a pic and send it to me! Full site list here: bit.ly/kiaTFL. (Don't be afraid to include yourself in the pic.)
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    Rea Rhine 👩🏼‍💻✍🔎🇬🇧🇪🇺
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    Aug 11, 2023
    Spotted these two billboards at Walthamstow Central Station this morning, @KiaAbdullah. 😊
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Nov 16, 2021
    Replying to @KiaAbdullah
    If it doesn't happen to you, and no one tells you their stories, it's blissfully easy to believe that Britain isn't a racist country. We need stories like @AzeemRafiq30's to open our eyes to the present, just as T opened mine to the past. Thank you, Azeem, for speaking out. (7/7)
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Aug 18, 2020
    Someone told me today that brushing your teeth is the only time you clean your skeleton. I was *not* ready to receive this knowledge.
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    Kia Abdullah
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    Feb 16, 2021
    "It’s said that you don’t know what you don’t know and I realised how true this is. All my life I’d assumed that I was treated no differently, but I was wrong. I’d just never had a point of comparison." Me in @theipaper on buying a house with a white man.
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    Buying a house with a white man was instructive and depressing and it taught me about privilege
    From inews.co.uk