It has been nearly one and half years since Aqsa Mahmood left her comfortable home in Glasgow, Scotland. Just like any other normal day in Muzaffar’s family, Aqsa gave her father a warm hug as a sign of goodbye. Her last words to the father being, "Khuda hafiz," which means "May God be your guardian," and with those wishes she departed.
The then 19-year-old woman never returned home to date. However, four days later after her disappearance – Aqsa called her parents as she prepared to cross into Syria, at the Turkey border.