We’re Madly in Love, I Swear.

I went to a private Methodist college so I was pretty much the only Muslim student on campus.
Well, that’s not entirely true.
There was one guy who was an exchange student from Turkey, but he once very matter-of-factly told me that he was “only Muslim in Turkey,” after I saw him in our student center ordering [...]

You Know You Need a Job When…

It’s your turn to clean the kitchen, and you’re so excited that you walk to CVS to buy new sponges, which actually increases your excitement, and on your way home you pick up the pace so you can get there faster.
You call your mom and talk for so long she goes, “Okay, Sabrina, I’m at [...]

It’s Not That Kind of Thong

So I just got done posting on the daily closet section of this site, where I happened to write the word “thong.”
You know, like thong sandals?
And it reminded me of a really funny, but unbelievably embarrassing story from when I was 15.
When I was in high school, I used to take SAT-prep classes with an [...]

This is What Happens When You Try to Give A Bride Advice

On the phone with my sister, while looking at her bridal registry.
Me: Oh my God. Do NOT get that Brita water filter.
Uzma: Why?
Me: Because we have it, and we hate it.
Uzma: What’s wrong with it?
Me: It has this really weird spout that pours down instead of out like in an arch, and it always spills [...]

Mimmi: 1920-2009

Yesterday morning, I got the news that my grandmother (whom I’ve written about here, here, here, and here) passed away.
There’s not too much to say, other than she had the personality of a fire cracker.
She was married at 14, and by 15 she had her first baby. By the time she was my age, she [...]