Career & Faith
1 min
Software Engineer by Day, Muslim by Design
They said wearing hijab 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 hijab would hold me back in academia. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
At school I was too Muslim. At the mosque I was too Bangladesh. I spent years feeling like I belonged nowhere.
People keep asking me to choose between my culture and my faith. I refuse.
They said wearing hijab would hold me back in law. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
I've answered 'do you have to pray five times?' approximately four hundred times. Here's my actual answer.
I spent 16 years searching for meaning in mormon. Then a colleague changed everything.
People keep asking me to choose between my culture and my faith. I refuse.
They said wearing hijab would hold me back in politics. 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 honest communication.
In South Africa, everyone assumed I was born Muslim. Actually, I found Islam at 41.
People keep asking me to choose between my culture and my faith. I refuse.
Fasting while teaching children in Sydney tested everything I thought I knew about surrender.