two roads converged and there i stood
Jacinda Ardern chose to wear a scarf in solidarity with the Muslim citizens of her country whose congregation had been terrorized and massacred in their place of worship on their holy day. This act of terrorism didn’t just happen at the spur of the moment. It obviously had a backstory to it, one of hatred […]
Read More Walk a Mile in My Hijab to Feel How Oppressed I AmHow clueless am I that I jump up with a jolt when I come across a pamphlet printed with my deepest secrets that I had only confided in my bestest of friends, a pamphlet which had been circulated among strangers as a juicy piece of fresh gossip, relished, mocked, exaggerated, passed on, and now scattered […]
Read More CluelessAge 12: Picked up by family by default, and yet, “Where were you looking!? I was waving and waving!” Age 18: “Pleeeeease l do not want the entire family to come with flowers to embarrass me, I can get home on my own!!” Age 21: “I’ll take the airport express bus home, adulting is fun.” […]
Read More Airport Pick-upThere is no one way to define someone, for every person has multiple identities. Sometimes by personal choice, but mostly through others’ viewpoint, people are typecast into one identity, and this makes it difficult for them to bring forth other aspects of who they are. Let me begin by saying, I am not an architect. […]
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