Career & Faith
1 min
Barrister by Day, Muslim by Design
They said wearing hijab would hold me back in media. 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 hijab would hold me back in media. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
Our first year nearly ended because of household chores. What saved us was an imam who understood setting boundaries.
Fasting while serving in the military in Los Angeles tested everything I thought I knew about community.
Everyone in my rastafarian community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
It wasn't science that pulled me away. It was pain. And it wasn't theology that brought me back. It was community.
Fasting while studying for finals in Paris tested everything I thought I knew about patience.
I've answered 'but why can't you drink?' approximately four hundred times. Here's my actual answer.
Everyone in my baha'i community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
Our first year nearly ended because of where to live. What saved us was an imam who understood honest communication.
Fasting while caring for patients in Rotterdam tested everything I thought I knew about patience.
Fasting while serving in the military in Kano tested everything I thought I knew about patience.
At school I was too Muslim. At the mosque I was too Pakistan. I spent years feeling like I belonged nowhere.