Aafi’s Stories

One day I was doing my homework from my tutor class and thought it was only English homework. How wrong was I?! In the 15 minutes before I had to leave for my class, I was flicking through my booklet and it turns out I had missed the whole maths section!!! I went...

Aafrine and I shared many wonderful adventures together. We talked, we laughed, we joked and had a lots of fun. I have many lovely memories of Aafrine, but the most special ones were when we would chill in Kenilworth over the weekend as a family. She may have taught...

The year was 1999 -- I was in England for a year of my medical schooling, and I sought to visit my amazing Newcastle cousins. During a brief break I managed a quick trip to Aafrine's family home. The day I arrived, I was told by my Uncle and Auntie (Aafrine's...

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful, Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. To our dearest Usman Bhai, Samara and Zaki, We were so so privileged to have known our Aafrine Baji 🩷 She always made us so happy and we loved every moment we were...

I knew Friney from university where we both studied. From her first year she spent many a time with the us at the airport lounge (the medical school cafe), a bright fun light of joy and positivity. She was always funny (and occasionally clutzy) but was a great friend...

One of our favourite and most recent memories of our beautiful Aafrine baji was our family games night… boys vs girls done in her honour!! It was full of so much laughter from acting out a robot to guessing her favourite flowers (pink roses!) to finally coming to the...

I have some lovely memories of Aafrine from the time I met her first at Sunderland University in 2005. She was this chirpy and lovely girl who made me feel so comfortable in the university even after I felt so overwhelmed. After graduating as well we kept in touch...

One day, mama asked me to look through her notes to find a shopping list. But this was hard, because she did not give any indication as to which one was which. So as I was scrolling, I just saw, ‘ List, List, List…’ and so on. Until something else caught my eye. A...

Dearest Samara and Zaki We have many fond memories of your dear Mama. The first time I met her was at your parents Walima. MashAllah she was so beautiful and her radiant smile lit up the room. I thought that MashAllah Usman was a lucky man that he had found someone so...

Where to start, we met her first on her mehndi and after she moved to khala jans home after her wedding. She was always so warm, making sure to have conversation with everyone no how matter how old or young they were, making them feel special and important. But my...

I met Aafrine mami way back in 2010 on a 10 to 15 days trip to Britain , I recollect when she and mamoo chose to surprise me on my 8 birthday, both took me to the shopping center and showed me choices and assortment of things and afterward we returned home, mamoo got...

Back in December, 2015, the night before Zainab Baji's Mehendi, we were all preparing and setting decor for the event next day. We decided to put some tinsel on every single umbrella in the house. Though most of the material was available at home but we were short on...

During C-19, toilet paper was quickly running out, and so was another item that you wouldn't really expect. BANANAS!!!... because of us.😬😳 We had just completed a house move and we were all very tired. Also, as with siblings everywhere, me and my brother were arguing...

We met Aafrine so many times and always found her smiling polite loving and welcoming. We met her last October and I can still remember how excited she was while showing me around her new house. She kept explaining how the entire family had put in the effort to...

We met her first time back in 2010 when on 15 day visit to khala jaan. She is an eye catcher, humble, polite, smiling personality. 4 year Hamza and 6.5 year Ayesha still remember how affectionate she was🥹. May Allah SWT grant her heightest ranks in Jannah.Ameen.

I don't know where to start. Aafi was truly 1 of a kind; cheeky, mischievous, fun, kind and always smiling. She gave the warmest hugs and best advice to us over the years. I missed her the days I couldn't visit and always planned my days off to go and see her. We...

To most people having a glass of Coke would be no big thing, but for my sister it was. Why, how I hear you ask? If she was to have a glass of Coke or even some Jelly Beans OMG she would go hyper. On nights out people would think she had been drinking, even though she...

Aafrine really was such a lovely human being. I had heard about Aafrine back in 2006 when Usman came to Pakistan, we used to talk about Aafrine almost everyday and it felt like i knew so much about her before I even met her. When I finally met Aafrine in 2014, I...

Aafrine was our daughter-in-law and in our hearts will always remain so. We (my husband and I - Aafrines parents-in-law) relocated to Qatar in 2018 till 2023. Despite everything that was happening, whenever we came back home from Qatar for our holidays. Aafrine always...

For about a year when I was in pre-school my beautiful mother took me to the train station for a few minutes every weekday after I finished. I loved sitting on the station bench with my mum and watching the trains until I was told by a member of staff that: 1. We were...

During COVID we moved house. If life wasn't tricky enough with C-19 and mama having cancer, a house move really kept us busy. One day when we ordered groceries and mama was getting very frustrated that they hadn't arrived. It turns out she accidently gave our old...

The kids asked me how I met their mother.....I opted against going 10 seasons to get to the crux of it. I met Aafi through a mutual friend while I was a medical school. Our mutual friend was quite diminutive so obviously being giant I took great pleasure in those who...