About

My name is Sabrina Enayatulla, and this is my Web site.

I was born in Arlington, Va., and grew up a few miles away from D.C.
As a child, my favorite things included the WWF (now known as the WWE) ice cream sandwiches, spying on my neighbor who mowed his lawn without a shirt and then sun bathed in his driveway while reading the newspaper, playing in trees (so I could spy on my neighbor) eating honeysuckles from various people’s yards, ripping heads off of dolls, and cheese. I also enjoyed the thrill of riding my bike around the block, even though I knew I wasn’t allowed to go past the Stop Sign.

I went to Oakton High School where I ran track, was a member of the Student Government Association, and the Middle Eastern South Asian Society, also known as MESA. One year, I tried joining the math club as a final attempt to get extra credit for the math class that I was failing. Turns out you actually have to be good at math to be in the club so it didn’t really work out. Not that it really matters now because I’m a writer. TAKE THAT, MATH!

I graduated from high school in 2001, and moved south to Virginia Beach where I spent the next four years at Virginia Wesleyan College. I studied journalism, wrote for the student newspaper, was on the dance team (pre-hijab days) and sat on board of a few different committees. I was also a Wesleyan Ambassador, which meant that I was one of the people who’d give you a tour when you came to visit campus with your parents. Also while in college, I found myself in situations where I was chased by security guards, bouncers, and other angry mobs of people. I caused a lot of trouble, got into a few fights, lost friends, made enemies, made new friends, went through a self-imposed and rigorous religious rehab process, played for the women’s lacrosse team (pre and post hijab days) got my own place, and ultimately made it out alive — with a diploma, a smile, and a job in my field two weeks after I moved home.

After college, I worked as a reporter and columnist for The Observer Newspapers, a weekly publication back in my hometown, and about a year and a half later, I transitioned from newspaper journalism to online media and worked as a breaking news producer and Web editor for The Washington Post.com. After roughly two years of working days, nights and weekends (and launching this) I decided to quit my job to start and manage this site. The domain was registered in 2008  only hours after I put in my two weeks notice.

I got married July 12, 2008, and live with a gorgeous boy whose passion for a disease-free world drove him to pursue a career in medical research. After spending many hours in the lab, he decided to put down his beaker, and exchange his white lab coat for a business suit. In March 2009, he drove straight across the country to pursue a career in business management in Los Angeles, and I joined him on the west coast three months later in June.

When I started this site, I decided to leave the man I married unnamed in my entries. Since last year, the world has known him as “The Boss.” He’s the coolest person I know (other than myself) and he makes me laugh. A LOT. He’s also an amazing cook. We don’t have any kids or pets, but we love our pseudo-child, Felix Trinidad very much. He turned 3 in September and holds an orange belt in karate. He also loves to sunbathe, float, and dig, and the three of us often dance before bedtime to a song we wrote called “Three Best Friends.”
It’s pretty awesome.

This blog chronicles most of my life, from the parts of my childhood that I can remember to what I’m up to today, though it is quite possible I leave out a lot of what happened during years 17 through 21; make of that what you will.
I have done a lot of embarrassing things in my life, but I am proud to say that I have never owned a pair of Uggs, I don’t have a Facebook page, and I was never a fan of “The Real World.” I don’t smoke cigarettes (although I have considered taking up the habit) have been an avid recycler since before the ‘Go Green Movement’ and Al Gore’s documentary; Captain Planet was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. I buy “cruelty-free,” and obsess over child-labor laws. I’m scared of people that have doll collections, I believe in love at first sight, life beyond our planet, and unicorns. I have lived on or visited five out of the seven continents, and plan on exploring the rest of this beautiful world by the time I’m 31 years old; I also haven’t said the F-word in like four three and a half years. I’m currently recovering from my morbid obsession of reading what death row inmates ate for their last meal (ironic, because I am not in favor of the death penalty) and from wanting to know EVERY.LAST.DETAIL about the life and times of Bonnie and Clyde. The Boss says these kinds of obsessions desensitize you to the basic values of life and justice. He’s a smart man.

My interests as an adult include cooking, working out, planning my life, and cheese — some habits die hard. I love fresh flowers, weekends in the city with The Boss, drinking coconut water being sold by strangers standing on the street, and watching “The Biggest Loser” while I eat anything covered in chocolate and cry. In addition to managing this blog full-time, I pen a fashion column at examiner.com and continue to freelance for other publications. The templates I work with for this site are written in HTML and CSS, and almost everything I know about computer language has been self-taught; I shoot with a Sony Cyber-Shot W150 and a Cannon 7D.

I have big plans for the future, but for now, I publish this site everyday with the hopes that everyone who comes here will be able to relate a little, laugh a lot, and walk away with a better understanding of Muslims in America.