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Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Seventy One

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 →

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 →

Review: The 2018 Muslimah Today Conference

Muslimah Today is a yearly conference put together by a branch of ILM South Africa called ILM for Women. It’s described as a conference for women, about women, by women. This year’s Muslimah Today conference played host to ten speakers who spoke on a variety of topics centred around the main theme – Revisiting the … Continue reading Review: The 2018 Muslimah Today Conference →

Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Fifty Eight

Chapter Fifty Eight I'd loved my grandfather unreservedly and so it was no surprise to me that other people had as well. But it wasn't until they began arriving for his funeral that I understood just how many lives he'd touched. Our house was filled to the brim with mourners, neighbours and strangers who'd come … Continue reading Fiction: Resisting Taqdeer Chapter Fifty Eight →