The Importance of Abstinence in the City

"There's two things that bring Laleen back to Pakistan in a hurry. The first is 9-11, and that makes it so much harder for Pakistanis to get work visas." "I lost my job because they didn't want to sponsor my work visa," she says of her time in New York. She doesn't want to do it the Pakistani way: No rich to aunties or stuffy living rooms filled with prospective rooms.