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I WISH I knew how to make Arab delicacies. I never payed enough attention to my mom in the kitchen. She used to ask me to help her cook, but my cooking philosophy as a bratty teenager was "do a job badly enough & you won't get asked to do it again." Ugh. So many regrats!
Beaches be crazy. They claim the burqini is a symbol of oppression, but this just removes any agency from women who choose to wear it. Any opinion that is rooted in my oppression or denies my right to choose is a garbage one.
My dad is coming to visit today and I've been in Cinderella mode all week. The last time he came to visit, I was so sure I'd cleaned everything just right. The first thing he asked for when I opened the door was a broom to sweep my front porch 😩🧹🍂
On the one hand, cultural appropriation. On the other... pockets. Pockets are a powerful thing.
We interrupt your regularly scheduled scrolling to bring you this important message: My face is melting...that is all.
Call me every name in the book just please don't point out the oil stains on my hijab 😩
Gehad has learned that my healing process includes getting to complain about whatever's bothering me. He's also learned that it's not a call for help and to just sit there, nod his head, and agree with everything I say until I feel better.
#educationsaveslives
People always ask if Darius is based on a real person and the answer is no... he's based on a real organization that continues to surveil Muslims for simply existing.
I once had TSA stop me bc I was carrying too many copies of my book in my carry on. He asked what the book was about, and I told him it was about being stopped by TSA. I shoulda given him a copy 🤔