Ramadan
1 min
Ramadan in deployment
Fasting while teaching children in Delhi tested everything I thought I knew about gratitude.
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.
Fasting while teaching children in Delhi tested everything I thought I knew about gratitude.
When nobody else stepped up, our tiny mosque became the last line of defence — Muslim and non-Muslim alike.
Fasting while studying for finals in Kingston tested everything I thought I knew about endurance.
When the flood came, our converted shop became the place everyone came to — Muslim and non-Muslim alike.
When the factory closed, our community hall became the beating heart of the neighbourhood — regardless of faith.
They said wearing a beard would hold me back in tech. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
Fasting while teaching children in Manchester tested everything I thought I knew about community.
In China, everyone assumed I was born Muslim. Actually, I found Islam at 26.
I've answered 'do you have to pray five times?' approximately four hundred times. Here's my actual answer.
At school I was too Muslim. At the mosque I was too Morocco. I spent years feeling like I belonged nowhere.
They said wearing my kufi would hold me back in media. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
I spent 32 years searching for meaning in atheist. Then a stranger on a bus changed everything.