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ISLAMIC ARCHIVES“How Can I Ever Get Past This?” Reclaiming Your Future After the Abuse Has EndedNajwa Awad and Sarah Sultan
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2020
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Yaqeen Institute
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Najwa Awad and Sarah Sultan
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English
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“How Can I Ever Get Past This?” Reclaiming Your Future After the Abuse Has Ended

Najwa Awad and Sarah Sultan in Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

After experiencing something traumatic, particularly traumas like abuse, sexual assault, physical violence, we may start to identify ourselves and the rest of our lives through the lens of what we’ve endured. This publication outlines the problem and describes how to dismantle negative labels.

Keywords: abuse, trauma, recovery, healing

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Sultan, Najwa Awad and Sarah. “How Can I Ever Get Past This?” Reclaiming Your Future After the Abuse Has Ended. Yaqeen Institute. 2020. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/yq-how-can-i-ever-get-past-this-reclaiming-your-future/