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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hannah Cottrell

New mother writes children’s book for daughter to connect to Pakistani roots

A new mother, who wants her nine-month-old daughter to connect to her roots in Pakistan, wrote a children’s book to prevent the links to her heritage from “dying out”.

Unzela Khan Sheikh, 29, a second-generation British Pakistani from north London, had the idea to write the storybook titled Pakistan, I’ll Be Back during her maternity leave, taking inspiration from her own visits to the country.

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