Category: Reflections

  • I Met My Younger Self for Coffee

    I Met My Younger Self for Coffee

    A bit late to the trend but here is my take on the ‘I met my younger self for coffee’ challenge. I highly recommend having a go at this – it’s amazing what you uncover when you think about your younger self. It’s very healing. ❤

  • Dear Bosnia

    Dear Bosnia

    I did not expect to feel so much love, pain, but ultimately, connection, when visiting Bosnia. In just 6 days, we explored so many places: Sarajevo, Travnik, Srebrenica, Mount Igman and Mount Trebević, to name a few. I could write an entire essay on my time there… and actually, I might, but for now, here’s…

  • Trials in Life

    Trials in Life

    We all face trials in life. That’s what Allah has put us on this Earth for – to be tested. Our purpose is to always turn to Him, especially in our time of need. And recently, Allah has tested me with a lot of different struggles. It’s been hard and a lot to handle sometimes,…

  • Changes

    Changes

    Alhumdulillah this year I’m moving onto a new chapter in my life that will, Inshallah, be completely different and new compared to anything I have ever experienced before. It’s going to require commitment, confidence, and an open eye. It will also therefore demand change.

  • Social Media

    Social Media

    ‘You should be using social media and not letting social media use you’ ~ Shahd Batal

  • My Goals for 2018

    My Goals for 2018

    I don’t want to be that cheesy person who says their impossible new years resolutions in an ineffable long list that drops to the floor; then forgets about them after the third day of January. New year, new who?