The older we get, the more we realise a difficult truth: The people who annoy us the most are often the people who love us the hardest. Our parents know exactly which buttons to press because, in many ways, they helped build those buttons. They were there when we were…
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Brunei Darussalam
Reflections from My First Umrah
Alhamdulillah, we’re home. Safe, tired, and honestly still trying to process everything that happened over there. I sat down a few times to write this and kept deleting what I’d written because it felt too neat, too polished for what was actually a messy, overwhelming, beautiful few weeks. So here’s…
Brunei Darussalam
A Ramadhan Prayer for You
In the gentle embrace of this Ramadan, I send you wishes that carry the warmth of heartfelt prayers. May healing touch the deepest wounds within you, and may you witness miraculous moments where the impossible becomes possible. May you find treasures of happiness in unexpected places and may your tears…
Brunei Darussalam
A Decade Later: Overcoming Fear, Cyber-Bullying, and Injustice
It’s been ten years since a simple Facebook post about an event in Malaysia aimed at reducing fear of dogs among Muslims turned my life upside down. What began as a personal share, reflecting my own fears of dogs, spiraled into a nightmare of cyber-bullying and personal attacks. This online…
What I Still Carry From My Father
A father leaves more than memories. He leaves habits, values and lessons his children sometimes understand only much later.
Family in need of safe place to call home
A needy family of nine is seeking assistance as their current residence – a dilapidated hut with zinc roofing for walls and salvaged wooden planks for floors – has become unsafe, particularly in view of the number of people it houses. The family of converts comprises Reduan Abdullah, a Malaysian…
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