Over the last few months I’ve been writing in this thing, I’ve accumulated a fair share of fan mail, a large portion of which are questions I wish I made up. Other questions and comments come from the many characters in my life. So I’ve dedicated a post to respond to inquiring minds. I’ll keep [...]
I spent most of this weekend cooking and writing essays. I’ve been in the kitchen mostly to get away from work, as an outlet for my stress, so I found myself cooking like a madwoman for the last few days. I’ve been experimenting mostly with pastas and trying to devise a tomato sauce that I [...]
The most lethal weapon in the world’s arsenals is not the neutron bomb or chemical warfare; but the human mind that devises such things and puts them to use. But it is the human mind also that can summon up the power to resist, that can imagine a better world than the one before it, [...]
I am a sugar addict.
In the past, I would buy tea almost daily with a friend who shall remain nameless, and together we would head over to the little table with sugar and milk. And together we would finish all the little packets of sugar in the entire cafeteria. At times I feel that I [...]
I’ll be honest, I’m a little intrigued by “A New Earth”, but since my reading list is already long enough as is, I’ll have to hold off until sometime this summer. I suppose the reason I find myself so intrigued is that I don’t understand the hype. You would think that Oprah had just created [...]
… would probably be an understatement when describing the situation at masjid Khalid’s youth conference earlier today. I would also say that I’m bitter about a potentially rewarding experience being turned into a hellish nightmare by the people around me. In order for me to give a complete picture of how today’s events unfolded, I’ll [...]
1) Alhamdulillah my mom’s proposal was approved for $200,000 by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation!! It’s for my dad’s organization, the Ogaden Somali Community Centre, though the program will extend to all of the Somali community in the GTA. The idea is to increase awareness among Somali women about the risks factors for breast cancer [...]
There was a terrible shooting near Lawrence Heights last night, where six brothers were shot, one of whom died from his wounds. Abdikarim was close to my age, someone who my friends and family knew so well, and I’m just stunned by the entire thing. I can’t help thinking that today, my birthday, Allah subhanahu [...]
The Toronto Coalition to Stop the War (TCSW) is organizing Toronto’s protest this Saturday, on March 15th. It’s our part in a series of international demonstrations scheduled for all of next week, marking the fifth year of the war in Iraq, and calling for troops to leave immediately. They have protests organized from Australia to [...]
I’m a little upset after a discussion with a certain someone over The Muslim Wife. I have to capitalize it for emphasis, because it’s always a favourite topic of discussion. The Muslim Wife should be this and that, she shouldn’t do this, but she should always do that, and rarely a mention of the role [...]
Alhamdulillah, they launched the first helpline for Muslim youth this week, the Naseeha helpline. It’s like our spin on Kids Help Phone, only with counsellors who will be giving sound advice from the Islamic perspective. It’s a wonderful idea, and I think I read that the founders will be funding this from their own pockets, [...]
A couple pictures from the game Friday night. They lost 110-106 in OT, by the way… *feels the burn*
Ouch.
