Choose what is right over what is easy, and you will be blessed far beyond what you’ve ever dreamed

As Muslims, the Almighty is placed at the centre of everything we do. A hallmark of my upbringing is that we did not prescribe to any one particular culture. My mother is of Malay and European descent, my father is Indian. In our home, however, we sifted through the traditions and customs of both cultures, …

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Judgment

I was reading through some of my older posts on the first blog that I started, and this one seems to resonate with me at the moment. It is one of my better pieces, and one I was very proud of, as I finally acknowledged and let go of something that had weighed on my …

Day 8: The people who make your life better

I'm a firm believer in letting people know that they are important to you. Everyone you choose to have in your life at any given moment is there because they do make it better...but some are just extraordinary, in their ability to recognise and give you what you need, without you having to say anything. …

Day 6: Something I hope for

Can't actually say it better than this #hopes 

Single ladies… what we all think but don’t say out loud

Disclaimer: if opiniated women or honesty make you uncomfortable, proceed with caution or close your browser right now. No matter how I try to soften my forthcoming delivery, it's still going to come across as a rant. But I am not going to apologise. Because I speak on behalf of the millions of sisters who …

Coming home…the after-effects of the English air

I think we should have foreseen that a journey with a dramatic start would have a dramatic end. When we arrived at Heathrow airport on Monday afternoon, we tried to check in and couldn't - only to discover that we were not booked on the first flight of our return journey (London - Addis Ababa). …

London – the end is nigh

Touristing is tiring. As such, after almost getting lost in Tooting, I decided to spend the rest of Friday at home. Saturday rolled in, and my sister and I made our way to Brighton. This was the first place I visited that has literary significance for me - for those of you who may not …