Emotions
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Khoula Saeed, Tilford In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful. As the clock struck midnight on January 1st 2020, cities erupted in fireworks and celebrations. Food was shared, best wishes were spread. In my local mosque Prayers were led. The world extended its welcome to the upcoming year. New Year’s Day brings not
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge ‘Generate hope. Be ever hopeful. This also fosters self – respect. Continue to be optimistic.’ (His Holiness Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him). ‘The Way of the Seekers’ p. 104) Looking back on 2020 is like looking at your reflection in a rippling pond in the dark of
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Aqeela Shanzay Zaffar, Glasgow 2020 has been a very shocking year for us all. Out of the blue, the Coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, millions of people got infected and sadly thousands passed away. This brought a drastic change in people’s lives, filled with financial losses, serious health complications and loss of loved ones. To
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes If I were to describe 2020 with the words, ‘unity, success and hope’, one would think I was writing this in 2019, for I cannot have lived through 2020 with such descriptors in mind. 2020 has become synonymous with Covid-19. It has certainly changed humanity in ways one could never have imagined.
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Fateha Khawaja, Tilford I remember the countdown to the last New Year. It was the first in my new house and I was excited about offering Tahajjud, pre-dawn Prayers – voluntary Prayers that Muslims particularly try and offer when welcoming the New Year, to set a precedent of being much more mindful of their Prayers.
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Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb, Newcastle Giving birth is a unique experience – it can also be quite a solitary one. Women spend nine months carrying the little bundle of joy they are expecting: nine long months imagining his face, the sound of his voice, and the touch of his tiny little hands and feet. Everything is exciting
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Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb, Newcastle Giving birth is a unique experience – it can also be quite a solitary one. Women spend nine months carrying the little bundle of joy they are expecting: nine long months imagining his face, the sound of his voice, and the touch of his tiny little hands and feet. Everything is exciting
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Manaal Rehman, London By the grace of Allah, I have been amongst a blessed few to have all of my childhood, teenage age years and early adulthood, surrounded by all four of my grandparents. I had the opportunity to be spoilt by them, loved by them, to know them in their health, be imparted with
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford. I don’t think I know how to forgive. I used to be proud of my inability to hold a grudge. But then I realised I had nothing to be proud of. I wasn’t forgiving my grudges, not really. I just wouldn’t think about them. I would forget, not forgive. It might seem
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