Lately I’ve been having a crisis of confidence—like imposter syndrome, but worse. I’d been reading books by writers I admire, and something unexpected happened. Instead of making me eager to write, they made me painfully aware of everything wrong with my own WIPs. I can recognize beautiful writing in other people’s work. I can’t recognize
One of things I probably miss most about school is summer vacation—that glorious three-month stretch in the calendar when there’s sooo much more time to read. Nowadays, my job expects me to keep working all twelve months of the year… Unfortunate, but understandable.
Ripples of Positive Cultural Change: Rabi’ al-Awwal Read More »
One of things I probably miss most about school is summer vacation—that glorious three-month stretch in the calendar when there’s sooo much more time to read. Nowadays, my job expects me to keep working all twelve months of the year… Unfortunate, but understandable.
She Inspires: Anse Muneerah Machado Read More »
Have you ever thought about publishing your writing? Or wondered what process it went through to get from an idea in someone’s mind to an item on a bookshelf? Before working at Daybreak Press I had no idea what it took to get a book from an idea to a tangible product. I’d like to
The Journey of a Book: From Idea to Bookshelf Read More »
In 1992, Damascus was a world of corner stores and corner soldiers. Of kids drinking soda from straws stuck in plastic bags and of buying baby chicks from a little boy carrying them in a box on his head. It was a world of fresh vegetables and ripe apricots that gave way to ripe watermelons
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One of things I probably miss most about school is summer vacation—that glorious three-month stretch in the calendar when there’s sooo much more time to read. Nowadays, my job expects me to keep working all twelve months of the year… Unfortunate, but understandable.
One of things I probably miss most about school is summer vacation—that glorious three-month stretch in the calendar when there’s sooo much more time to read. Nowadays, my job expects me to keep working all twelve months of the year… Unfortunate, but understandable.
She Inspires: Anse Winy Haryanto, New York Read More »
One of things I probably miss most about school is summer vacation—that glorious three-month stretch in the calendar when there’s sooo much more time to read. Nowadays, my job expects me to keep working all twelve months of the year… Unfortunate, but understandable.
A Summer for Reading: Some New Releases from Muslim Authors Read More »
In a world that often feels shattered, patience is rarely the first virtue we reach for. When images of devastation fill our screens and the weight of distant suffering sits heavy on our chests, patience can seem passive and, at times, inadequate. But there is another kind of patience—one that is neither passive nor silent.
Founded by Dr. Tamara Gray, Ribāṭ University is the world’s only global university for Muslim women, built on a decade of experience in online educational programming for women. Rabata announced the launch of Ribāṭ University, the world’s first women-led, women-taught, and women-attended university grounded in Islamic epistemology, expanding global access to higher education for women through affordable,
