Let there be light, in every loss of sight
They say to see is to believe. But what if, for a split second, we all lose our sense of sight? What kind of world will we start believing and living in? Oftentimes, blindness is categorized as a disability. People even use the ...
My Learnings from WIEF Young Fellows 2016
More than 20 participants from all over the world converged in Singapore for the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Young Fellows 2016 last September 17-25, 2016. The WIEF Young Fellows is an initiative of WIEF Young Leaders Network (WYN) that ...
My Ramadhan Reflections: A Personal Context
Ramadhan is indeed on its final third portion. And I am as saddened as any Muslim who loves this month so much. If there is such a feeling that I want the most, it is the feeling of extensive worship ...
Love in the time of Jihad
You know what I learned after all the people I met while traveling these past few months, and listening to all sorts of love stories and stories of love – unhappy marriages, failed engagements, love in the waiting, unreciprocated love, ...
Love in the time of Jihad (Part I)
This is an excerpt from an article published in Zilzar Life. Love – a word so powerful that it demands celebration (or lamentation) around the world; one special day that knows no religion, nation, family or tribe. Some may need ...
10 Things 20-something Muslimah Should Not Worry About
We are so curious about what the future has for us. We worry a lot about the future. So, we navigate the future by becoming more adult than we are and securing ourselves for the future. At 20-something, we thrive ...
Islam: The Most Misunderstood Religion
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Assalamu alaykom wa rahmatullahi wa barakatohu In the present times, the true message of Islam is being overshadowed by misconceptions. It is because there are people who don’t understand what Islam is all about either for not ...
No Atom Exists That Allah Does Not Know
Every calamity we have to witness, every hardship we have to encounter, every step we have to take, every minute we have to breathe, every atom that exists.. happens with the knowledge of Allah. Among the 6 articles of Islamic ...
The Purpose of the Hijab
Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu. Hijab, why do we – Muslim women – have to cover ourselves like; our hair, body shape, etc? What is the purpose of wearing a scarf around our heads? And ...
The Fasting Challenge
Last 2013, one of my college best friends, Sol, who is a Christian joined me for fasting for one day during Ramadhan. At first, I was skeptical about her joining me. As she would say, it was one of the items in ...