Ramadan series The biggest blessing. How to practice enough Shukr that Hamd takes over 15 May 201925 Aug 2019 "Blessed" has become a hashtag without any thought behind it. And I don't think anyone would disagree that all of us are blessed. Just the fact that I'm typing this…
humanity… Is standing in line at McDonald’s with a gay couple hurting your religiosity? Let me fix that for you. 14 May 201929 Feb 2020 I know your convictions for your religion are a truly weak thing so you can't stand in line with a gay woman, hand in hand with another gay woman. Her…
feminism… Rebuttal for “buttal” talk. 14 May 201925 Aug 2019 Parents, particularly Pakistani parents, treat their kids like their ancestral property. No qualms with that. It's my culture. I don’t like it but that's all I've got to call my…
feminism… Retain politeness and remove ass-kissing from our vocabulary…bringing politeness back in vogue. 14 May 201925 Aug 2019 I'm a polite person. And before you disagree let me preface it by saying that I'm a polite person under most circumstances. I'm hoping that has been your experience with…
fiction… Hey influencer! Errr…. is that how people address you? 13 May 201925 Aug 2019 Influencer, inspirer, lifestyler, blogger......blah blah blah. I'm flipping through blog after blog of Instagram blogging and find myself not influenced, not inspired and definitely not better styled than when I…
burnout… “Well-intended people surround me.” The power of believing. 13 May 201920 Nov 2019 The one thing that we lose first of all as an immigrant is our innocence. Agree with me or not, innocence and naïveté go out the window first of everything.…
autism… Taming my inner imp. Confessions of a smart ass. 12 May 201925 Aug 2019 Sorry some language on this blog is going to come across as erratic and slightly immature but I was a smart ass. And that made me a smart mouth. Because…
humanity… No judgy eyes for Muslims who are not fasting! Causing moral injury through religion is not okay. 11 May 201925 Aug 2019 Inflicting moral injury through religion is an old phenomenon. Making people guilty through our religiosity is a tactic employed by some people to invite others towards religion through the mechanism…
autism… I know it’s a strap-on but it works……a special needs mom’s confession about relying on hope as her sustenance. 10 May 201920 Nov 2019 What goes through your mind when you hear "special needs child" or a "special needs family"? You probably feel one of the many human emotions that we reserve for disability.…
burnout… Fronting…Fake it till you make it… how Imposter Syndrome can threaten our happiness. 10 May 201920 Nov 2019 I know a lot of material on this blog is in condemnation of putting up a front. About presenting ourselves as someone else. About the fake belief in values that…
My mind as a woman 