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Living in U.S. as a minority and seeing how carelessly and unintentionally our people are living their lives is worrisome. Is it really carelessness and unintentionality or is it careful and intentional choice? And who is making that choice? As a bookstore owner, when I recently set up free on the go kids islamic library…
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Lost between who we are and who people want us to be. The box that’s designated for us by everybody except ourselves. Stepping out is betrayal, inclusion into something else, and exclusion from something else. What does it mean to be a Pakistani Woman? What does it mean to be a Muslim Woman? What does…
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Truth, most of us want to believe that we “value” truth. Do we? Do We Even Care? When egos are inflated and being right is more important – truth gets lost somewhere in between. Years of “just living,” choosing not to reflect at the pain points in the relationship – someone’s truth is shoved under…
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The signal kept saying “Wait,” telling us to not cross yet. Yet two young men decided to cross because cars were far away, seeing them another young man crossed behind them – a few seconds later. His calculation was a bit off so he ended up having to rush towards the end, or I should…
