by Mona | May 26, 2020 | Dwara
I’m writing the last Ramadan reflection for the year – as Ramadan is officially over (at the time of writing this). I just wanted to write a quick word on generosity. If you read my first post for the month of Ramadan, you may have learned that I did much...
by Mona | May 19, 2020 | Dwara
Yesterday, during my reading of the Quran, I came across this verse: *Allah does not change a people until they change what is inside of them* – Verse 13:11 While, I’ve come across this verse many times before, I found it particularly interesting. I found...
by Mona | May 12, 2020 | Dwara
As I’ve mentioned before, Ramadan is a time for deep reflection. And I’ve been reflecting quite a bit. In the last couple of days, I’ve been reflecting on…reflection. I’ve been pondering our ability, as humans, to reflect and think. In...
by Mona | May 4, 2020 | Dwara
Regrets. One of those things that, by the time you’ve completed your twenties, you probably have. You don’t necessarily need a list of regrets, but you’ll probably have one or two hanging in the mix. While I have a couple of the myself, in terms of...
by Mona | Apr 27, 2020 | Dwara
Ramadan is upon us. And my, what a strange time it is for Ramadan to be upon us. Ramadan is the name of a month in the Islamic (lunar) year. It is the month in which Muslims observe fasting from dawn until dusk. I was a bit weary of Ramadan this year – I was...
by Mona | Apr 20, 2020 | Dwara
How I came by What I Left Behind Me I came across this book in Lebanon late last year, while I was at Antoine bookstore in Hamra, looking for contemporary women authors. I couldn’t bring it back with me to Sydney when I returned because I had too much luggage on...
