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The Mechanics of My Hope
Nurul Izzah Anwar

Malaysia

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“And fight them on, until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah”

“And do thou be patient, for thy patience is but from Allah; nor grieve over them, and distress not thyself because of their plots. For Allah is with those who restrain themselves and those who do good”

August of that year saw me as a young teenager without a strong sense of conviction or idealism. They say ignorance is bliss; perhaps that categorically explains much of what I was feeling at that particular time — a time of busy studying and hanging out with friends, unconscious of worldly cares. That month, I wrote a letter to my dear father. It was his birthday present, since there was little choice of material presents in the dusty town of Tronoh, where I was studying.

I knew little of my father’s student activism back on campus, except for the things that my uncles and aunts would tell me. Father would often joke about his cabinet experiences — or rather, mishaps — about his leadership at the University Malaya, the famous demonstrations that we kids know so little about. His earlier incarceration in 1974 was never discussed thoroughly with the rest of us. I wondered how he overcame that particular challenge.
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