January 2011
Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I...
– Jhumpa Lahiri (via contrive)
Quiet end to Turkey's college headscarf ban →
seekthetruth-islam:
muslimgoodnews:
BBC News: Millions of other Turkish women do the same: it is estimated that at least 60% cover their heads. Now, for the first time, almost all universities across Turkey have abandoned the official prohibition on women wearing headscarves. More…
Hamdulillah
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Muslim Heroes →
December 2010
I will rise
After a thousand years
lipping
flowers
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– e. e. cummings, from “I will rise” (via aubade)
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The world may end in 2012, but we Muslims are still in 1432 :)
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The Human Cost of Sanctions on Iran →
Personality as such is false. The word “personality” has to be understood. It...
–
Osho (via bodymindandsoul)
We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the...
– W. Fulbright (via bodymindandsoul)
The secret of the world is this: the world is entirely circular and you will go...
– Jeanette Winterson (via bodymindandsoul)
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Tactical Tech | Visualising Women's Rights →
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Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,
We fell them down and turn them...
– Kahlil Gibran (via cmoncase)
A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated…
– Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns (via khadeejafinds)
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Muslim Women Gain Higher Profile in U.S. →
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A woman’s heart should be so lost in God that a man needs to seek Him in order...
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A Look Back at 2010:Year of Islamophobia →
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Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare...
– Bill Watterson
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That awkward moment when somebody says "Merry...
Enriching your story-world →
the-write-idea:
Ever read a book where it teems with life, where you can really feel that things are happening beyond the page, as if you’re viewing a window on a world that lives and breathes whether you read about it or not?
More importantly, is your writing like that? Because it should be, as this is one of the three techniques that trump every other in writing.
So how do we go about...