I put off one of my daily prayers to write this. I might as well be brutally honest about it. I steered clear of writing about this topic for months because I knew it would mean facing up to something I’ve been trying to avoid for a long time. This isn’t the ideal way to…
Kids and Hijab: “Do You Staple-Gun that to Your Head Everyday?”
For most of us, late Autumn means crawling out from under the duvet at silly o’clock and heading out to catch a bus to school, work or uni in the freezing cold. For me, this season also means getting to know a crop of new students as they begin their year-long English courses. The youngest…
Converts Crossing the Gap of Misunderstanding
A Christian Student in the UK. A Muslim Teacher in Italy. What could possibly unite these two people? Well, they both happen to be snapshots of my own life. My past and present. I was raised as a Christian in the UK and converted to Islam just over two years ago while living in Italy….