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the gift of muharram

every year, millions of us stay awake until midnight on december 31st.

Jun 16•anya chung

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the beauty of dhul hijjah

i find that every year these ten days arrive carrying a kind of mercy the soul recognises before the mind does.

May 20•anya chung

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maybe instead of policing muslim women, you should start protecting them

there’s a video circulating this week from a beautiful friend of mine who had been hate crimed in nandos with one of her friends.

May 11•anya chung

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stop trying to fill the void in your heart that can only be filled by closeness to Allah

there’s a feeling many people recognise but rarely name - when your life is functioning, even busy, and yet there is a quiet dissonance underneath it.

May 2•anya chung

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you forgive everyone else but you can’t forgive yourself

you forgive everyone else but you can’t forgive yourself

Apr 16•anya chung

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compatibility questions to ask eachother and yourself for potential muslim marriages ( that are actually important )

before marriage is a contract, it is a conversation.

Apr 15•anya chung

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surahs to read when you’re beginning to heal

there is a strange inbetween stage no one really prepares you for.

Apr 14•anya chung

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the gift of teaching and learning as a muslim woman: reflections on respect and double standards

there is so much beauty in being a student of knowledge, specifically a female student of knowledge.

Apr 6•anya chung

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your dua is never rejected, only answered differently to how you wanted it

there are nights when your dua feels like it disappears before it even reaches the ceiling.

Mar 29•anya chung

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stop telling yourself you’re not ready, it’s holding you back

‘i’m not ready’

Mar 25•anya chung

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sometimes i wish to be everything at once

sometimes i wish to be everything at once

Mar 14•anya chung

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allahuma innaka afuwwan tuhibbul afwa fa’fu anni

ramadan becomes quieter in its final ten nights.

Mar 9•anya chung

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