“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation.” – bell Hooks Dear Fellow Warrior, Over the past year, I think I have done a better job of transitioning some of my unfiltered writing, primarily in my daily journal, rather than feeling that urge to share my thoughts immediately with a world that doesn’t…
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Time Passes…Seasons Change…And We Keep Building
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin Dear Fellow Warrior, Time passes, seasons come and go…. and summer feels like it is already here… even when you are not ready for the heat. I missed the Kite Festival in DC, this year.…
Ten Years with a Warrior KQueen
“Write hard and clear about what hurts.” – Earnest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast Dear Fellow Warrior, Spring has arrived. Through another difficult winter and the blessing of another Ramadan. And I know I have not written for several months now. This is actually the first blog post on Chronicles of a Warrior KQueen, the first…
A Tribute to Allah: Honoring Survival and The Ultimate Spiritual Transformation
“To Him We Belong. And To Him We Return.” – (Quran, 2:156) Dear Fellow Warrior, There is no perfect end of the year. No perfect close. It just needs to close. You need to cross that finish line. Because time never stops; it is the only resource that will always remain scarce. So I didn’t…
Punished for Surviving: A Suicide Note (Poem #3)
“What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? … And there are so many silences to be broken.” – Audre Lorde Dear Fellow Warrior, I wanted to share this piece before the end of the year. After more than ten years of suicide prevention and mental health advocacy,…
A Special “PhD Wedding” Anniversary: Hooded, Hijabi, & Unapologetic
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.“ – Dr. Maya Angelou Hasbiyallahu wa ni’amal wakeel. Dear Fellow Warrior, Recently, I shared a critical moment on social media, and I wanted that moment to be here, at its rightful place here as well. This past week, on December 16th, I honored four…
My Social Media Achilles Heel: Jealousy, Visibility Politics, and Divine Reorientation
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde Dear Fellow Warrior, I am increasingly mindful of the difference between quiet presence and silent extraction. Several years ago, as soon as I finished my…
A Warrior Breaks Away to Find Another Way
“You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.” – Dr. Brene Brown Dear Fellow Warrior, I didn’t expect it to take this long to write to you again after my last message. However, this is difficult because I understand now why it has…