Career & Faith
1 min
Investment Banker 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.
I spent 25 years searching for meaning in buddhist. Then a customer changed everything.
Our first year nearly ended because of where to live. What saved us was an imam who understood setting boundaries.
Our first year nearly ended because of where to live. What saved us was an imam who understood honest communication.
Our first year nearly ended because of whose family to visit for Eid. What saved us was an imam who understood setting boundaries.
When the neighbourhood changed, our converted shop became the place everyone came to — for everyone who needed it.
At school I was too Muslim. At the mosque I was too Tanzania. I spent years feeling like I belonged nowhere.
People keep asking me to choose between my culture and my faith. I refuse.
I've answered 'why can't you eat pork?' approximately four hundred times. Here's my actual answer.
At school I was too Muslim. At the mosque I was too France. I spent years feeling like I belonged nowhere.
They said wearing hijab would hold me back in media. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
They said wearing hijab would hold me back in finance. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.