Revert Journey
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The pharmacist Who Found Allah in Brisbane
Everyone in my taoist community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
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.
Everyone in my taoist community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
They said wearing a beard would hold me back in medicine. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
Fasting while serving in the military in Leeds tested everything I thought I knew about community.
When nobody else stepped up, our Islamic centre became the last line of defence — regardless of faith.
Everyone in my baha'i community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
When the flood came, our community hall became the place everyone came to — regardless of faith.
They said wearing hijab would hold me back in medicine. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
Everyone in my taoist community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
Twenty-three hours a day in a cell the size of a bathroom. Ramadan gave me the only freedom I had left.
People keep asking me to choose between my culture and my faith. I refuse.
I've answered 'do you have to pray five times?' approximately four hundred times. Here's my actual answer.
Fasting while caring for patients in Johannesburg tested everything I thought I knew about faith.