Cities and Homes

Are we all leaving pieces of our hearts in different places? And how long before we run out of pieces to give? That rambling begs some prelude. My mind has currently been mulling about cities and homes. People and homes. Homes. My long absence from writing is because I don't find myself still nowadays. Stillness...

Loving a country my peers have outgrown

I have been trying to word all the good emotions that I have been feeling today; on the occasion of Saudi National Day. This seeems like a personal celebration of acceptance and gratitude acutely mirroring the point I find myself in my life today. Surrounded by so many things I didn’t think I would learn...

Becoming Religiously Empowered

Grab a cup of the beverage of your choice and sit back, because this is going to be a long read and mostly conversational. Through my many conversations with women seeking potential partners, I have noticed a common highlighted theme running through all of them. A theme that plays out differently but has diverse ramifications....

Pandemic Thoughts

کب تک دل کی خیر منائیں کب تک رہ دیکلاوج کب تک چین کی محلات دوگے کب تک یاد نہ آوجے kab tak dil kī ḳhair manā.eñ kab tak rah dikhlāoge kab tak chain kī mohlat doge kab tak yaad na aaoge I cannot attempt to translate these lines by Faiz Ahmed Faiz because any...

Social Media: The New Grey-Zone

Are you spending an unhealthy amount of time analyzing the possible motive behind a ceratin 'Like', 'Seen' or 'Add request'? Congratulations, you have been Grey-Zoned. The zone that is neither a possibility, neither an end story. That continuous limbo of hope and denial you will now live in. Fleeting between your yesterday and tomorrow. Because...

Somatic Wound

“Humans, you have failed me today.” It’s been a day of varying proportions of heaviness and impatient fidgeting. I put this post out there with an intent to inspire, educate and maybe, seek comfort. As a dentist, I come across a lot of patients on a daily basis who suffer from illnesses that we cannot...