Beyond Limits: My Journey from Self-destruction to Self-discovery | Mawra Ishaque | TEDxJSB

[music] Hi, good afternoon. My name is Marra Makbul Shak. I am basically just a girl who lost a lot of weight and got internet famous for no reason. How many of you have heard the name Marra before? Not a one person. I'm not surprised. I remember when I was in school, I went home one day and I asked my mother, "Ma, why did you name me Marra. What does it even mean. " And she has an ever smiling face. So she said, "Marra is an Arabic term beta.It means to transcend, to go beyond limits. I did not want to go ...