"I grew up in Malaysia most of my life, but I keep most of the Swiss culture, like speaking Swiss at home with my family and definitely eating a lot of Swiss food and not really eating spicy food. But I’m very used to the Malaysian lifestyle, so I think it’s a balance of both.

I attended school as the only non-Muslim in my class. They didn’t have a moral class nor moral teachers; they only had Pendidikan Islam. When it came to SPM, the teachers suddenly told me that I had to take Moral, and I wasn’t ready for that!

I wanted to take Pendidikan Islam because I already knew what that was all about. But in our academic system, apparently, I’m not allowed to take that subject’s exam unless it’s an add-on subject."

Here is her story.

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