Does this count as my first time?

So the other day I was talking to a group of women who kept rattling off all these A-list celebrities they’ve seen (sometimes more than once) in Los Angeles, while I was telling them that I’ve been in the city for 10 months and hadn’t really come across anyone. Their lists included spotting Leonardo DiCaprio [...]

A few busy days ahead

Posting will be light here over the next few days, as I’ll be traveling, and have a number of projects that have been consuming much of my time over the past few weeks. Sometimes it’s hard to juggle everything I have going on, you know, between all that couch-sitting and yawning I do. I’ll update [...]

Early morning seashell

Circle in the sand, round and rouunndd! Never ending love is what we’ve foouund! What? Was I the only one who was into Belinda Carlisle circa 1992?

Life List #89: Pray fajr on the beach

I’ve had a Life List since college that is an ongoing compilation of the many things I want to do before I leave this earth. One of the things on my list was to pray the before-sunrise prayer called “Fajr” (say: fuh-jir) on the beach. Yesterday morning, The Boss and I drove to Dockweiler state [...]

A world full of inspiration

Someone once asked me what it feels like to know that thousands of Muslim girls across the world imitate the way I wear my hijab. I answered by saying it would be presumptuous of me to think that I invented that style. I was the first person that I know to wear my hijab the [...]

The juxtaposition of being the bigger person

From belligerent teenager to all-too-passive adult, I’m constantly having a hard time finding a balance between showing the patience, grace, mercy and forgiveness that my faith teaches me, and standing up for myself when I feel like I’ve been mistreated. Yet the conundrum of trying to walk the delicate balance between confrontation and conflict resolution [...]

Calling all SoCal residents

Internet, I have some early-morning things that need tending to, and will be back later this afternoon. In the mean time, I have a favor to ask of you. Yesterday, I met a woman (in her 30s) at the mosque who recently converted to Islam, and is looking for a place to live in the [...]

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