By Sadeemka. Like many of us I’ve grown up in a society full of expectations. It started from home. Being a part of a nerdy family, best grades at school become as obvious as the air you're breathing in. If it is a norm for your parents to be ...
By Calisha Bennet Has someone ever hurt you so bad and you never even saw it coming? Had you invested all of your trust in them and they betrayed you? You loved them so deeply and they didn’t return the same level of love? We’ve all likely exp...
By: Jessica Daqamsseh I remember the soft breeze welcoming the early light of day. The adhan beckoning believers to worship. My balcony overlooking an assortment of blessings—olive, fig, lemon, and pomegranate trees nestled near grape vines. The...
By Zaynab Dawood Let me ask you a question: is it your journey that defines you, or is it your destination? Or maybe it’s both. For the naysayers, I say it can never be neither. Whether we choose a path of faith, or choose to live without the nu...
By Hadil Arman There’s a first time for everything and I always wondered how different women deal with the unwanted loss of the one thing society tells us we were born to do. The process and the healing. For some; denial, anger, depression, blam...
By Umm Sumayyah "Everyone upon the earth will perish, And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honour So which of the favours of your Lord would you deny?" ( al Qur'an, 55:26-28) Is there anything in this world that lasts...
By Meru Hussain My favourite story from childhood was ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ - A story of a creature who satisfies his every desire before blooming into a beautiful butterfly, devouring everything from apples to ice-creams. I wanted t...
By Crystal Daulton Between housework, family, and job obligations, where do we find time to worship Allah? How do we complete our responsibilities in the dunya without compromising our place in Jannah? By what method do we gain time management? Wh...
By Traci Wells-Ali Belonging is our natural human instinct. I have watched both my children be fully dependent on me to give them what they need, when they need it- their natural instinct as a species to rely on another human being to help them...
By Chelsea Lynn PCOS, which stands for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, is a common disorder that effects 10-20% of women. Because it characterized by an excess of male hormones, it comes with a myriad of symptoms, like weight gain, weight loss resistan...