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Tag: being muslim

Bad Hijab Days

Posted on 30 March, 2014 by Ikhlas

When people ask me about wearing hijab and what it’s like, they often end off with saying, “Well at least you get to cover up your bad hair days.” Well, let me tell you, I might be able to cover up bad hair days, but sometimes it’s even worse: bad hijab days! So exactly does…

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Q and A

Posted on 3 September, 2012 by Ikhlas

Hello friends 🙂 So I recently received some questions from a reader of the blog, so I’d thought I’d do a post to answer them, since they’re interesting topics on their own. The lovely reader ‘Kesheroo’ asked me to talk a bit about being a writer, and the writing process. Truth is, I think more…

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Hijabi Girl Problems: Three Quarter Sleeves

Posted on 7 May, 20127 May, 2012 by Ikhlas

*A hijabi is a girl who wears hijab. For the majority of people reading this blog, or even for the majority of people in general, three quarter sleeves are not a cause of distress. They are not a source of daily torture, of fashion suicide. They’re just an option. But for hijabis, three quarter sleeves…

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Empowerment of Women Speech

Posted on 14 December, 201114 December, 2011 by Ikhlas

A friend of mine recently posted a link to this speech on Facebook and it just blew my mind. Its everything that I want to say to every single one of my friends, and everything that I need to remind myself of. I just wanted to share it here because I think its so powerful….

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Becoming Ikhlas

Posted on 7 September, 2011 by Ikhlas

I didn’t realise I was brown until I was 4 and a half years old. I didn’t realise I was different until I was the age to start school. I didn’t realise there was something different about me. I thought I was like everyone else. Unlike everyone else, I was an only child. Well, until…

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