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Review: Hysteria

Posted on 1 May, 20131 May, 2013 by Ikhlas

In Hysteria, Sixteen year old Mallory Murphy killed her boyfriend, Brian, one night, but can’t remember the details. After being let off for defending herself, Mallory tries to return to her regular life, but she can’t. Her best friend’s mother doesn’t want her talking to her, she’s being stalked by Brian’s mother everywhere she goes,…

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10 Totally Random (and Useless) Facts About Me

Posted on 29 April, 2013 by Ikhlas

So my friend Chelsey just did a post on her blog about 10 random facts about herself, so I decided to borrow her idea and share some totally random and useless facts about myself. 🙂 Enjoy! 1. I used to want to be a fashion designer up until quite recently. I have sketchbooks filled with…

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Recipe: Oatmeal Cookie Bars

Posted on 25 April, 201320 May, 2014 by Ikhlas

You’ll have to forgive me in advance for this post, since I’m falling asleep as I type it. Is it very late, you ask? Nope, it’s not even 2 o’clock in the afternoon but I’m barely able to keep my head up. I wish it was because of an exciting reason, like staying up late…

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New Beginnings

Posted on 23 April, 2013 by Ikhlas

Today marks the day that I started sending out query letters to agents asking them to represent my manuscript Aisha. I got the idea for Aisha almost 2 years ago now. It took me about a year to actually write the story down, after a few months of brainstorming and procrastinating. Then after the story was done in…

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The Secret Life of a Hijabi

Posted on 21 April, 2013 by Ikhlas

Sometimes I don’t brush my hair before leaving the house. (No one’s going to see it anyways). I have good hijab days, and then I have Bad Hijab Days. Sometimes they happen on the same day. Sometimes I’m convinced that my head changes shape overnight, since a scarf that looked SO nice yesterday suddenly doesn’t…

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