It’s everywhere you go. Every one of us routinely absorbs messaging designed to define who we are, how we are and what we and our lives should look like. You...
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It’s almost never in the big things. You don’t see “No dogs, black or Irish” on restaurant signs anymore, the skinheads that used to go out ‘P*ki-bashing’ are of retirement...
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Who doesn’t want to belong? Most psychologists worth their salt will point to ‘belonging’ as one of the fundamental needs within humans.
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She sits on the floor of the supermarket. The one that never closes, never opens- 24/7 service like the tremors in her body.
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As a staggering 20 years has now passed since 11 September 2001, it is bewildering to think that we have an entire generation of fully grown adults who were not...
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We see the War on Terror in Afghanistan conclude in a similar way to how it began, with plentiful white tears for the plight of Afghan women.
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One of the most bewildering aspects of navigating grief is how unaffected the rest of the world seems to be by your anguish.
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With Ramadan just around the corner, many of our inboxes are flooded with ‘how to prepare’ messages for the month ahead. In my inbox, one particular message left me feeling...
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Earlier this week, a stack of letters dropped through my front door. Rifling through them were some formal looking envelopes, “To the homeowner”, some pizza fliers and a handwritten envelope...
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We've all had those conversations. It feels as though the moment the words have left your lips, they travel through some bizarre mistranslation machine before they reach the other person’s...
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We believed we could change the world. My best friend was black and together we were going to eliminate racism everywhere forever.
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Sometimes we hear a story so many times that we stop paying proper attention to it. During the month of Dhul Hijjah- and all year- we are flooded with lectures,...
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When it comes to grief, the triggers are everywhere. In a joke you once shared, in spotting their favourite flower in bloom, in the piece of jewellery they gave you...
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In some homes, there are families who are uncomfortable, awkward, or completely put off by a ‘practicing’ family member under their roof. Instead of bringing harmony to family relationships, Islamic...
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‘Imagine Ramadhan…for families torn apart’ was a Ramadhan-campaign aiming to show the experience of a familiar month through a very different lens. Focusing on the challenges that some members of...
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Wrought iron gates Provide the backdrop For the explosion of human remembrance There’s been a hit a run With a 52 year old paying the price “Loved” “Best Grandma” “Beloved...
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Certain trials in life push you to limits you never knew you had. When life-changing calamities hit those we know, it is tempting – and usually completely well-intentioned – to...
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One of the most bewildering aspects of navigating grief is how unaffected the rest of the world seems to be by your anguish.
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