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Tag: Islam

The Dilemma

Posted on 28 September, 2013 by Ikhlas

I hold a sheet of ‘Getting to know you’ bingo in my hands. It’s one of those first day of school icebreakers where you have find someone who ‘wears glasses’ or ‘went abroad this summer’ or ‘has siblings’. I don’t mind the icebreaker on its own, but it’s about the third one I’ve done all…

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Isn’t it funny…

Posted on 27 May, 201327 May, 2013 by Ikhlas

…how we like to think about the future with so much certainty, but in truth we don’t really know how things will play out? Last year, around this time, I had just finished organizing an Islamic convention in Toronto, an experience which, for me, was life-changing and life-enriching. I could hardly sit still from excitement…

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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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