On the same note, they're afraid that their family and friends will react poorly to her lesbianism too as a result. Against My Religion: Rukhsana's parents have a hard time accepting her as a lesbian as they're Muslims, with homosexuality traditionally being forbidden.She only escapes by running away to the US. They then have Rukhsana come with them to Bangladesh visiting her sick grandmother, attempting to force her into an arranged marriage as well after drugging her so she can be held in place to get an 'exorcism' as they believe that a djinn is making her this way.

She gets blamed by her mother later over her dad collapsing while they were arguing over their plans to have her marry a man as well, deeply hurting Rukhsana. Abusive Parents: Once she's outed, Rukhsana's dad slaps her for not obeying about hiding her sexual orientation, which shocks her to the core as neither he nor her mom had ever done that until then.Rukhsana now must fight for her happiness against her own parents. However, when she's found out by her mother, her parents try all that they can to make Rukhsana live as they wish, no matter what. Knowing her traditional parents won't approve of it, she keeps this a secret from them, hoping that she'll live openly with Ariana once they both go to Caltech after graduating from high school. However, one thing about Rukhsana is sure to cause problems: she's a lesbian with a white girlfriend, Ariana, whom she loves very much.

She enjoys most things about her Bengali culture, and has many white friends as well. Rukhsana Ali is a Muslim Bangladeshi-American girl living in Seattle, Washington.

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