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Attention: This is a kindness thread.

The week has ended, some shoulders are slumped under stress at work or school, some have aching backs after too much toil, and others have heavy minds burdened by everything that needs to be done.

Continue Reading 07 Jun 2017

Weekends have changed so much over the time for me.

When we were younger, and my dad was still in the Air Force, weekends were for family walks. Well, almost the whole family, because the youngest one in our family was the only one brave enough to say no to my dad when he woke us up early in the morning. He’d curl back to sleep under the comfy blanket while Shereef and I grudgingly went with mom and dad...

Continue Reading 30 May 2017

Shall I tell you the secret of everlasting peace that never leaves your side? It took me some time but I've almost arrived at the secret formula. What is it?

It’s knowing that life is going to keep hurling (not giving) lemons at you. Not just you, but every single person who lives on this beautiful blue planet. And these lemons are not all the same size. Some are big. Some are little but sour. Some are yellow and many. One thing remains constant though, every one us has been pelted by these lemons at some point in our lives....

Continue Reading 30 May 2017

Ramadan

The most difficult part of Ramadan is not fasting from food. That’s actually the easy bit, anyone can do it.

Continue Reading 30 May 2017

Marriage / Ramadan

Marriage is not always this rosy rom com where you wake up to your husband holding flowers for you and you feed each other chocolate till you die. You don’t spend your entire day sighing and composing love ballads for each other. And breakfast in bed is really not that common. No. Marriage is messy. And it’s understandable because it’s a relationship that is not bound by blood. It’s not...

Continue Reading 27 May 2017

Just a Date?

I have been fasting the whole month of Ramadan since the age of 11 or 12. Before that, my Ramadan was mostly of half fasts-breaking my fast 5-6 hours before the adults. I remember one episode in particular where sunset was around 6 pm and I decided that fasting until 5 was the maximum I can do. So I broke my fast literally one hour before iftaar. Talk about patience....

Continue Reading 26 May 2017
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