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Loss of lives and livelihood made Covid real for Money Adviser

SHIRINA ALI'S EXPERIENCE OF COVID WAS REAL WHEN TWO COLLEAGUES OF HER HUSBAND  AND HER COUSIN DIED.  FINANCIAL LOSSES ARE ALSO IMMENSE. SHIRINA'S CHILDHOOD Born to a first generation Bangladeshi migrant family, Shirina is the eldest of 'many British siblings.' A self-confessed ‘Tower Hamlets girl’ was born and brought up in this borough. Little did she know then that she would also marry in Tower Hamlets.    At the age of 17, she was married off to a man chosen by her grand father.    As a teenager, the world of motherhood was hard for her at first. She had to cook, clean and learn new ways of living with he r husband. During her A-Level exams, she was fully pregnant with her first girl.    She missed going to   the cinemas, gossiping with her friends and learning to drive. These are many of  things her friends did whilst Shirina embraced her new life as a wife.   She confessed that as part of her marriage contract her husband would be the bread winner.  ‘It was kind of