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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Shazia Awan

Shazia Awan

30/05/2017

BBC Asian Network - BBC Asian Network's Big Debate, Shazia Awan

Shazia asks, on what grounds would you reject someone for marriage?

Shazia asks, on what grounds would you reject someone for marriage? A woman claims her brother's marriage proposal was rejected because his beard is too short.

Shazia is discussing what makes the perfect partner after a women wrote to an Asian agony aunt column, saying her brother's marriage proposal had been rejected because his beard is too short. Is there too much pressure to be the perfect other half in the Asian community? Author James Fergusson talks about his new book 'Al Britannia, My Country', which looks at what life is like for British Muslims in the UK. A group of doctors from the UK have set up a charity in Pakistan, helping street kids change their lives. Shazia discusses the recent floods in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. BBC's economics correspondent Andrew Verity breaks down some of the key economic issues in the UK general election, and what it means for you. We talk to Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron about his party's manifesto and what he would do if he was elected as Prime Minister .

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