Page 86 - MASALA Magazine Vol.15 Issue 2 | December 2023 - January 2024
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Bushra Janeen Asad’s beautifully-appointed home
            takes us on a journey through the different cultures that
                      have made an impact on her family.

                            B Y  AIDEN  JE WELLE  GONZ ALE S










                                           efore  I
                                    even enter Bushra Janeen
                              Asad’s home in Raveevan Suites in
                          Sukhumvit Soi 33, I’m greeted by a beautiful,
                       navy-blue Loh e Qurani, which I’m later informed is
                    a tablet or board with specific words from the Qur’an; an
                  indication of the ways that the Islamic culture in Pakistan where
                 she was raised has impacted Bushra’s design choices and style within.
               When Bushra greets me with a ready smile, resplendent in an azure salwar
              kameez, she immediately puts me at ease, and this feeling of warmth and
             instant connection is only cemented upon learning that she’d spent almost two
            decades of her life in the Philippines. “For me, the Philippines feels like home,
            and you can see it in the countless number of mother-of-pearl items that we’ve
           collected over the years,” she confides. “Our cook is Filipino, and she was the yaya
           (nanny) of my son when we moved there 18 years ago. Both she and our helper
           from Myanmar, who is the green thumb behind the beautiful blooms and plants
                                 in the patio, are basically family.”


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