Eid Mubarak, all! This year has been a time of seeking intentional spirituality in my life. Ramadan has been really varied for me; there ...

These posts were written during the summer while I was in Bangladesh, in preparation for the upcoming academic year. Long story short: when...

Homemade burfi! It's a sweet milk cake. Since I talked about fasting earlier, I thought I should talk about what I've actually ...

Ramadan is upon us! During this holy month, for those who don't know, Muslims everywhere observe the fast - meaning that they do not...

In light of the recent death of one of my family members, I have been musing on personal faith and its context in my brief life. This faith...

I went back and forth about whether to write a post about 9/11. In some ways, it is an insignificant day to me - at the time, I was 9 years...

Muslimah Media Watch gives a great perspective on voices that are not often allowed to speak in either Western or global media: Muslim wo...

Last week, I talked about my position on skin-lightening creams . Even as I wrote that post, I was bursting with contradictions. Some inclu...

In light of some intellectual talk over this weekend, I have been thinking a lot about how discrimination works in our society. I believe t...

(Muslim and proud.) I have not written about a contentious argument this month, but there are some things that just push my buttons. I am a...

This peacock's name is Phil. As of today, I have returned to the fold of college students. With classes and books and other nonsensica...

This place has gotten so comfortable that I'm playing music over and over again in my head and singing it out loud at random intervals. ...