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There Is No Perfect Place In This World

Long ago, when we were trying to decide where to settle, Pakistan, UAE, or Canada, we met a family friend who had moved from the UAE to Canada. As we talked about the challenges of life there and weighed the pros and cons of living in Canada, he said something that has stayed with me ever since:

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Home Is a Feeling

Amma, “I Don’t Want to Be Like You!”
Those words from my five-year-old daughter were enough to snap any mother out of her thoughts. My hands stopped moving as I stood in the kitchen.

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Joy Of First Home

I connected my old hard drive to my computer, and suddenly, it felt like we were traveling in a time machine. There were photos from my university days, literary activities, gatherings with friends, graduation, my wedding—and then came an entire chapter of memories from twenty two years ago, when we moved to Canada and set up our very first apartment.

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𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗲: 𝗔 𝗙𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 Though people generally try to stay connected to mosques even on ordinary days here, the vibrancy of mosques, especially during Ramadan, […]

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