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Fasting: Will that help me lose weight?

Rumbles, gurgles, and growls. All too familiar noises associated with a fasting stomach. For one month out of the year, most practicing Muslims gladly orchestrate the symphony of stomach noises (and not to mention some funky breath) for the ultimate reward from Allah swt. With Ramadan around the corner, many of us are getting ourselves ready for the yearly ‘restart’ button to life. But can this form of worship translate... Read More →

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come Alone…

What if Tomorrow doesn’t come alone? What if he comes with Death? And what if Death walks elegantly, as she always does, towards you and takes you by the hand and before you can snatch it out of her grasp, you find it glued to hers beyond just flesh but even to the core of your bones. What then? She’s dragging you and you’re trying to keep from going any further with her by digging your heels into the... Read More →

Dear Gaza

To my brothers and sisters in Gaza: I love you so much. It pains me to be distant from you. Though in my heart you are near, my limbs still long to be in your presence – my eyes to see your faces, my lips to kiss your cheeks, my arms to embrace your bodies. My chest aches as it inhales the air of lands devoid of you. My knees protest as my steps take me further from you. My mind weeps as it comprehends that I cannot... Read More →

How Empathy Begins

The way many of our lives are we feel like we’re stuck sitting on a hard wooden chair in a hot classroom with no windows and a busted air conditioner. Every time we look at the clock to see how much longer there is until break we realize its battery is dead and the hands have been stuck in one position since the test began. It’s stuffy in the classroom and everyone is on edge. The truth is that the exam booklet is... Read More →