Years ago, in the dusky Maghrib light, I sat upon my prayer mat and let myself feel the loss of shifting friendships and the empty space of my own widening perspectives. In…
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What Ramadan as a new mother taught me about coping with a Ramadan in isolation…
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Tiny Tips For Ramadan What’s your Ramadan remedy for keeping thirst at bay? Last year while bemoaning cranky babies and drying up milk supplies (and therefore days missed of fasting) my…
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Ramadan has arrived, splendid and smiling and we could not be happier! What a true blessing it is to welcome this month once again into our homes and into our hearts.…
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Parenting Advice Gone Awry This advice came the way these nuggets usually do, the WhatsApp group chat, via a screenshot, initially from a facebook post: If I was to give one piece…
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For the next post in our ongoing Things Parents Say series, author lawyer, charity activist, friend and all-round superwoman, Hina Belitz shares a deeply moving and poignant reflection on the death of…
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(In Preparation For Giving Birth) I actually quite like going for a ‘hospital birth’. I’ve always been well looked after and I love that feeling of ‘coming home with the baby’. For…
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I came across a passage in a book when I was sixteen years old – just finishing high school and readying myself for a big city university adventure. Standing at the precipice…
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What To Do and Say When The Unthinkable Happens October is Pregnancy Loss and Infant Loss Awareness Month. From that no longer beating heart on the ultrasound scan, to the loss of…
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Whether openly or subtly, accompanied by our actions or our words, out loud or in our own heads, at one time or another, we’ve all made that face – the Judgey Judgeface.…