Written by: Maham [mahamspelledbackwards] Help will find you. Hope will find you. It’ll find you when you least expect it, it’ll find you even when you’re living your darkest days over and over again, it’ll find you when you’re so close to falling off the edge. It’ll find you in the form of an acquaintance…
WRITING CONTEST WINNER #4: Moin Khan
Written by: Moin [writer_moin] Life. Life is a wonderful journey. It is a gift. Every day is a gift, a surprise! You never know what you may find in it. In this journey there is comfort, pain, happiness, and sadness. The backpack you carry is your worldly achievements. You learn every day while walking. You…
WRITING CONTEST WINNER #3: Ahdilah Haswarey
Written by: Ahdilah [Modestlyahdi] Everyone has a hijab story that’s dear to their heart. Everyone’s stories -their journeys if you will- to this outward expression of deen is almost nostalgic when you hear it. Therapeutic, almost in the way witnessing a conversion at the mosque can be, a power comes over you. A reminder of why…
WRITING CONTEST WINNER #2: Moin Khan
Written by: Moin [moin_khan_chd] As the chaotic and inevitable pandemic rules the world, the churning wheel of life has stopped, and it seems like it’ll hardly start over again. But then there comes the hope which tells us that eventually one day, all this will come to an end. Following an adage which says that…
Ramadan and Solitude…
Written by: Milad In just a matter of hours, the world will welcome Ramadan Insha’Allah. No doubt it’s a mercy and blessing from Allah to be able to witness the most beautiful month of the year. It’s strange to think how many people were looking forward to this month, but they passed away due to…
Writing contest winner #1: Janhavi Sonawane
Written by: Janhavi [Janhavisonawane0608] I learnt from my 75-year young grandma what self-love truly is. From flaunting her grey hair to moisturizing those wrinkles on her skin. She has always had the concept of self-love right; despite not being a millennial. People seem to beat themselves up for who they aren’t. And that’s exactly what…
Apologies?
Written by: Chereen Dear you, ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You know, I can’t blame you. You who has been apologized to by people who don’t understand, who don’t care to dissect and comprehend, the real value of a true apology. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So there you go, you begin heaving every single time an apology is issued. There you…
Forgiveness
Written by: Chereen Maybe nobody told you that forgiveness is not for giving your heart back to what hurt you and what had the potential to destroy you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ They might not have mentioned that forgiveness is a choice you make between you and yourself, so that you may regain your peace of mind. Telling…
For you, who grows too
Written by: Nadrah Mustafa You hide your flaws too well, just like anybody would. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You fear the world will discover your inner most thoughts and feelings, and accuse you of being a fraud.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You wither away, feeling your worth slowly decline as well as your confidence. All these, while trying to compose yourself…
Hope
Written by: Chereen They say that after every rainfall must come a rainbow, but before this rainbow there is sometimes a storm. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It often feels like the storm will last forever. The thunder strikes and you begin to hold your breath. Your window shakes and the tree that’s been an ascribed part of…