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How Are Anilia And Samia Alike
In the Middle East, it is extremely common for parents to arrange a marriage.This is precisely what occurs to Anilia and Samia and it will forever change their lives. In “Same Story Different Ending” by Anila Batool, a girl from Pakistan meets a boy in college and starts to question her parents and religion. Whereas, in “Another Even at the Club” by Alifa Rifaat, a 16 year old still in high school is married to an older man by there parents. And now Samia is being controlled by her husband. Anila and Samia are comparable in multiple aspects but the two that stand out the most are there marriages and there unwanted pain which they have both suffered.

Anilia and Samia are extremely similar, Samia was forced into marriage and although Anila
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