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Dear Angry People
I recently received a comment, not unlike some I’ve received before, that while I seem like a nice person, I am delusional because of my belief in religion. This commentator, like innumerable others,...
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Dear Lowes & All Those in Favor of Religious Intolerance–GET OUT OF AMERICA!
Now this isn’t going to be a long drawn out letter because let’s face the facts I am a Muslim and I’ve got some suicide bombing to do and Sharia law to implement, but I felt it important enough to...
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Expected, but Sudden
I never feel different after the New Year, but this year is an exception. It is coming up on the anniversary of my father’s death. Gone a year now. I will always associate this time with his death....
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Bad blogger, bad…
I know I should be creating new and wonderfully engaging posts, but as you’ll find in the link below I’ve been a little busy. Inshallah I will be back, ready to go soon. I have some wonderful...
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Justifying Injustice?
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian is a slap in the face. I started reading this fictional account of the Nazi regime’s demise told through the lives of: an aristocratic German family, a rogue...
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Work Smart, Not Hard
As I was giving “snaps” to fellow adults and worshipping Doug Lemov, it occurred to me that this is exactly what is wrong with education reform. We idolize someone in a given moment for “progress”...
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Top Five Reasons not to TeachNOLA!
It seems like a pretty sweet deal. For one year you drive yourself crazy with a schedule that sucks all of your time and energy in order to earn your teaching certification. You even get paid a...
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On Being a Mother
“Paradise lies at the feet of the mothers.” -Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) I’ve heard this phrase a million times since becoming a Muslim, sadly because men are depicted...
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From the Mouths of Babes
This is just a mini-post (full post on evacuation Isaac to follow shortly inshallah) inspired by a run-in I had at Walmart with a “superhero” and as I talked to him I realized, yeah he kind of is. As...
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“Muslim Innocence” and the Protests
My next post was going to be about the magic of an evacuation trip during Isaac, but alas a more pressing topic has popped up. Let’s kick this intellectual exercise off by stating the obvious: the...
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Muslims in Wonderland
I am heartbroken. I stare at the face of a boy who could easily be my brother or son. My brother also wears the uniform of a nation that has transgressed the limitations of everything moral, just and...
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How Dare You!
Ironic. The people who are supposedly part of the most repressive religion in history are now the ONLY ones pursuing legal means to combat the intrusive system of surveillance that good old Mr....
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Wiretapping Obama and Assad
What’s that Obama? Oy?! In light of the world coming down around our ears I’ve become hysterical. I’ve gone from crying to laughing and back. So please excuse the following if you find it offensive...
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Dear Lowes & All Those in Favor of Religious Intolerance–GET OUT OF AMERICA!
Now this isn’t going to be a long drawn out letter because let’s face the facts I am a Muslim and I’ve got some suicide bombing to do and Sharia law to implement, but I felt it important enough to...
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Expected, but Sudden
I never feel different after the New Year, but this year is an exception. It is coming up on the anniversary of my father’s death. Gone a year now. I will always associate this time with his death....
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The Dermoid Cyst That Wasn’t
As each ceiling tile brought me closer to the OR, I repeatedly visualized jumping out of my hospital bed (open gown or not!) and hiding in a supply closet! The fact that I had been stuck watching Fresh...
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Work Smart, Not Hard
As I was giving “snaps” to fellow adults and worshiping Doug Lemov, it occurred to me that this is exactly what is wrong with education reform. We idolize someone in a given moment for “progress”...
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Don’t Other Me
Assalamalaikoum wa rahmatullahi wa baraktu & Ramadan Kareem! I find myself more than ever writing posts in my head that drift off into my dreams as I put the last of my children to bed or more...
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The Cost of War
Read, share, like, comment. This has become the rhythm of my life since this latest genocide began, Operation Protective Edge. I wake, hopeful that the carnage will have stopped, that my country’s...
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The Dermoid Cyst That Wasn’t
As each ceiling tile brought me closer to the OR, I repeatedly visualized jumping out of my hospital bed (open gown or not!) and hiding in a supply closet! The fact that I had been stuck watching Fresh...
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