Hamimah Tuyan's husband, Zekeriya, was the 51st victim of the Christchurch mosque shootings on 15 March 2019.
In this episode, she returns to the mosque where her husband was shot several times.
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Hamimah Tuyan, who now lives in Singapore, headed straight to Al Noor Mosque after her 12-hour flight. She was there in time for Friday prayers.
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Hamimah meets Neha and cuddles baby Noor, now three-months old. With Asma, Neha, and current woman's coordinator for Al Noor Mosque Tooba Habib.
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Hamimah visits her house in Bishopdale, Christchurch, which is now looked after by a friend. Zekeriya was a passionate gardener; Hamimah takes in her husband's strawberry plants as she wanders around their garden.
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Outside of Al Noor Mosque, at a sisters and children event, Neha is excited about her and baby Noor's new permanent resident status. Her daughter will be raised in New Zealand, just as her husband, Omar Faruk, dreamed.
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Muhubo plays with baby Noor at the sisters and children event.
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Hamimah, with Constable Julie Crequer at the sisters and children event, says, "I define with the help of my Creator how I will come out of this whole experience, and it will be stronger as an individual. And I'm seeing it—even as a community—that we are going to be stronger."
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Telling her story is tough for Hamimah: "It's hard for me to say the word killed, but he was shot and killed, and we hope that then gives him the title of the martyr, the shuhada."
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Widows of Shuhada was produced by community access radio Plains FM for RNZ. It follows four Muslim women widowed by the Christchurch mosque attacks who share their journeys through grief and take steps towards a different life.
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