Career & Faith
1 min
Surgeon by Day, Muslim by Design
They said wearing a beard would hold me back in academia. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
Revert journeys. Identity struggles. Faith found, lost, and found again. Unfiltered voices from your brothers and sisters across the world.
In Egypt, a divorced woman is a tragedy. I decided to be a plot twist instead.
They said wearing a beard would hold me back in academia. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
Our first year nearly ended because of biryani. What saved us was an imam who understood listening instead of lecturing.
It wasn't science that pulled me away. It was anger. And it wasn't theology that brought me back. It was silence.
Fasting while studying for finals in Tehran tested everything I thought I knew about gratitude.
I've answered 'aren't you hot in that?' approximately four hundred times. Here's my actual answer.
I joined a gang at fourteen because I needed a family. I found Islam at twenty-two because I needed to survive leaving one.
I spent 20 years searching for meaning in taoist. Then a roommate changed everything.
At school I was too Muslim. At the mosque I was too Nigeria. I spent years feeling like I belonged nowhere.
I've answered 'but why can't you drink?' approximately four hundred times. Here's my actual answer.
When the neighbourhood changed, our converted shop became the last line of defence — for everyone who needed it.
Everyone in my spiritual but not religious community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
Fasting while serving in the military in Miami tested everything I thought I knew about patience.