We used to bump into each other in the elevators of our University’s Arts building as we often used the top floor to perform prayers. When I moved to a more central location to be closer to campus, I started bumping into you in my building, and the superintendent rightfully thought he should introduce us,…
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Kids are not expected to fast during Ramadan, neither are the elderly, and other weaker or vulnerable people. But they are nevertheless excited about the month, as parents change their routine somewhat to accommodate meals, prayer, and extra charitable acts. Positive behavior is encouraged and all sorts of negative behaviors are discouraged. All the moral…
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I’m on a ketogenic diet, if you’d like to learn more about it you can watch The Magic Pill Movie on Netflix, and if you’re interested in adding in some intermittent fasting and exercise (Steady Slate and HIIT) with an online coach, then check out Mubaraka Ibrahim’s mR40 program. I am therefore constantly on the…
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Back home in Libya normally kids don’t go to school during Ramadan, that makes it a lot easier to be able to enjoy the month all together as a family, because we can stay up later and go back to sleep after fajr. But here (and in some Muslim countries now) kids go to school,…
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Simone and I first met in grade five, when her family moved to Ticino from Geneve. We immediately hit it off, and remained tight friends until she moved to another city after Jr. High School. She studied tourism and worked for Cross Air until its dissolution into Swiss, and then in a Tourist Information Center…
Read MoreInsert any audience you deem appropriate. I could think of about a dozen different individuals and groups that I could address this to, you probably can, too.
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Let me introduce you to some of the most remarkable women I know…
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