In the last 5 days, I feel a strange surge, a desire to do more than I have during the last 25. The race is not over yet. A Ramadan Dream Came True One of my duas came true. I got a scholarship to be part of Cohort 10 of an online writing school called…
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Reflection on Falah
This summer, I finished a class on Falah (success in Arabic) with Rabata, a women’s seminary that teaches women islamic scholarship. I joined 100 women 3 times a week with a shared goal to be better than we were before. The class is described as an all-new approach to successful and happy living, specifically as…
The weekend that Biden won …
We visited my parents, ate chicken pot pie and watched the acceptance speeches of Kamala and Joe at a friends’ house, dressed up as princesses for an outdoor birthday party, visited the lake near my house, and finally saw my in-laws. That’s just Saturday and Sunday. Sandwiched between all these activities was a golden moment…
Sadia Kalam 