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Book Review: Vaclav & Lena

Posted on 12 December, 20118 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

Vaclav and Lena are five year old when they meet in the Russian immigrant community in Brooklyn. Worlds apart, friendship blossoms between the two until they are ten and inseparable. Vaclav dreams of becoming a famous magician one day, with his faithful assistant, lovely Lena, by his side. Lena is afraid to dream. Parentless, she…

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Book Review: If I Stay

Posted on 11 December, 20118 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

Seventeen-year old Mia has the perfect life. She has a warm and loving family, a great best friend, a super cool musician boyfriend, and maybe even a chance to get into Julliard music school. She thinks nothing can go wrong. But one day everything changes. On their way to visit some friends, Mia’s family has…

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H&M Conscious Collection Fall 2011

Posted on 10 December, 201110 December, 2011 by Ikhlas

I know H&M’s Fall Concious Collection has come and gone already, and that it seems kind of late to do a post about this, but I still just wanted to share with everyone the gorgeous pieces they had this fall. H&M launched this collection earlier this year with their Spring/Summer Conscious collection which was filled…

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When you love…

Posted on 5 December, 20115 December, 2011 by Ikhlas

So yesterday was a bonus HFW (Hijabi Fashion Week) day in honour of Palestine. I didn’t exactly participate because I found out about it late, but I was just watching a video that Amena made about the theme, in which she did makeup inspired by the Palestinian flag. She also recited a beautiful poem, which…

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H&M Haul

Posted on 4 December, 20113 April, 2012 by Ikhlas

So I went to the mall today and rather accidentally went on a mini-shopping spree. It was totally accidental. I walked into H&M, as I am wont to do on every trip to the mall, just to see what was in, as is my custom. And then I fell in love with a bag. After…

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