Fig & Olive

It recently dawned on me the state of indentured servitude many of us are in or will be in for a great deal of our lives. We take out huge loans to pay for school, we work to pay off that debt for years to come. In some ways, this isn’t such a big deal […]

I have never, even in the days when I listened to music religiously, been a fan of Beyoncé. I recognized she was extremely talented, watched her videos and bought one of her albums. But nothing about her, her message or lack thereof, caused me to be deeply invested. But the Beyoncé that seems to be […]

“If you disclose your Sadaqaat (almsgiving), it is well; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, that is better for you.” [Quran 2:271] There are many reasons why a man like Prince should be remembered, if he did nothing but make the movie ‘Purple Rain’ and its accompanying album he would […]

One good thing about going on a weight loss journey is that there’s a plethora of information. But information can also be one of the frustrations in the weight loss journey. Low carb? No carb? Vegan? Atkins? Which one to choose? People often say “diets don’t work” but I completely disagree, all diets work -if you […]

It’s been difficult for me to maintain a diet and lose weight, though I have lost some, I’ve still got a way to go. I fell off my calorie counting for a while but I plan to get back on it tomorrow. One thing  I realized despite my efforts is that the Slow Carb Diet […]

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“‘Prayer in the most private part of your home is better than prayer in the more public part of your home’, Umm Humayd said ‘My husband prevents me from going to the mosque’, by saying this the insight of the beloved, peace and blessings to him, is driven to understand, -Ok so your domestic situation is […]

Before starting this new semester of arabic I took a few tutoring sessions. On the second to last session I asked my teacher how much a student should study daily. He said: It depends, if you want to be an expert, 6 hours a day, if you want to be good, 2 hours a day […]

I once asked my teacher “How can I make God more present in my life?”, he responded, “God already is present in your life”. The first attribute of God is Al Wujood, Existence, may we never forget that. I Will be writing more in the next post but it’s late in my part of town, […]

Too often it’s not that we truly love people it’s that we’re so painfully afraid of facing the God awful truth of our painful isolation. We eat, we text, we chat, we browse all to remove the pain of loneliness, all to avoid our own selves, to not have to deal with our own selves […]