Chapter Seventy One The hair on my arms stood on end at the sight of him as though the memory of his threats had somehow embedded itself deep in my bones. Iqbal Mahomed looked exactly the same. Unlike his wife, he didn’t wear his tragedy openly. Was it even a tragedy in his eyes? Mirzaq … Continue reading Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Seventy One
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Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Sixty Nine
Chapter Sixty Nine Rayyan’s departure had seemed to serve as a reminder to my parents that they too had been ignoring the jobs they so dearly loved and had centred their lives around. Mom was the first one to leave on a proper trip but they’d both been in operating rooms within a week of … Continue reading Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Sixty Nine
Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Sixty Seven
Chapter Sixty Seven We ate pancakes. In between bites, I busied myself with quietly having a small, silent breakdown. I’d been consciously ignoring the inconvenient fact of how much I was going to miss my brother, for the most part. Amira’s spontaneous decision to join him had made me ache with jealousy. The little girl … Continue reading Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Sixty Seven
Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Fifty Five
Chapter Fifty Five They kept hovering. I truly wanted to appreciate the concern. Truly, I did. But all I kept thinking was too little, too late. A year ago, I would’ve jumped at the chance to confide in my parents, to ask them for advice and have them solve all my problems. I’d wanted their … Continue reading Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Fifty Five
Review: Gathering Petals
Gathering Petals is billed as ‘The Spiritual Journal for the Creative Muslim Woman’. Put together by Nabila Ikram, this journal consists of 145 actual journal pages, a foreword and introduction and one simple rule – that there are none. This journal is directed at women who are creative and enjoy being able to write or … Continue reading Review: Gathering Petals
The Imperfect Muslimah 