Saw someone genuinely equating “all men are threats” to Islamophobia/anti-Muslim bigotry, using 9/11 as a rhetorical device, the other day, and my body reacted so viscerally before my brain even registered what was going on. The combination of the false…
Category Reflections
Me, healing out loud.
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Circus
I was told to put my hand into a box containing ten snakes because I'm a Muslim woman and I believe in اللّٰه and His Messenger ﷺ, because one of the snakes is actually non-venomous, and because every believer does this challenge in this circus and they're all fine. I refused the challenge and walked away from the circus. People call me a kafir.
Speaking for Afghan Women Is the Bare Minimum
The violence is real; the instrumentalisation of that violence for imperial ends is also real. Both are true simultaneously. Everyone engaging in this conversation carries a responsibility to know what they are consenting to.
It’s Your Girl’s Birthday Month!
I'm going to be officially the same age as my mother when she had me! — I don't hate doing this, but I don't like it either. But I have to make this month about me 😤
Rethinking God: A Philosophical Examination of Free Will, the Problem of Evil, and Worship
A philosophical exploration of free will, divine hiddenness, and the problem of evil, asking whether God’s omniscience can coexist with human choice.
To Be Loved for Existing: A Healing Realisation
A birthday reflection on trauma, faith, and healing—things I wish someone told me so I didn’t spend millions of rupiah on meds and therapy.
I Wouldn’t Wish My Life on Anyone
Why Patreon? Why pay if it’s free later? Everything I publish eventually becomes free on the Knowledge Hub, because knowledge should be accessible. Patreon isn’t about paywalling information; it’s about making the work possible at all. Patrons: Get early access…
Justice and Healing minikit
Healing is about honouring your experiences, reclaiming justice, and allowing Allah’s wisdom to unfold. The Justice & Healing Minikit is a compact yet powerful resource designed to help survivors navigate healing in a way that aligns with both Islamic teachings and trauma-informed self-reclamation.
The Unquiet Mind: A Short Memoir
This short memoir traces autism, hypergraphia, and grief — writing as survival and words as both weight and remedy. A personal reflection on faith, trauma, and the fragile relief of being held together by language.