She’s still not married? What’s wrong? For some reason, many communities have this ridiculous notion that a woman’s life both begins and ends with marriage. My own community – that of South [...]
Ramadan. The one month in the year that everyone waits for, prepares for, works for. Ramadan is the time of year when everyone tries to do their best. The rewards of this month are so great that [...]
Some people seem to be on top of the world. They’re the leaders of their fields, they’re always on top of things. It’s common to wonder just what their secret is. I’ve done it myself. How is it [...]
Coping mechanisms are things you use to get you through difficult situations. Special thanks to Hasina Suliman from Muslimah Lifestyle for starting to talk to me about different coping mechanisms [...]
Work, family, hobbies, passions. Our lives are filled with so, so many things Alhamdulilah. But what happens when there’s too much? I have the tendency to overfill my days, stuffing them as full [...]
Have you ever wanted to do something (or refrain from doing something) and then proceeded to deny your desire because What will people say? What will people say if they see your children going [...]
Do you know what almost everyone likes? We like to have fun. We like to enjoy things. And I’ve never met a person who doesn’t enjoy a good story. Whether via reading, hearing or watching some [...]
I love words – I think I’ve said that probably a thousand times. It’s still true though. I love words because they help me to express myself, because they help me to entertain myself (and [...]
Bucket list – a list of goals that a person wishes to accomplish before they die. Islamic bucket list – basically the same thing except all of those goals are connected to Islam in some way. How [...]
It took me a very long time to decide what I wanted this post to be about. If I still wrote free-hand, there’d be a trash can filled with crumpled up pages at my feet. What I settled on in [...]