That awkward moment when you think you’ll lie down for a few minutes but then you wake up five minutes before suhoor ends and just have a date and some water and your parents think you’ll die of starvation.
Yesterday I was getting ready to go to an iftar party and was doing my usual winged eyeliner in front of my mirror. I made a mistake with my eyeliner, as one does, but as I was running to the bathroom to grab my makeup remover to redo the liner, I realized I had stopped … More Settling
There is a point When your late night turns Into an early morning You go from night owl To early bird Tossing and turning in bed Until the covers are tangled, Reading a few pages of a book, Switching through the apps on your phone, And the thoughts in your head getting more and more … More All-Nighter
I’m volunteering with the younger group at a summer camp for kids, and they say and do the funniest things. To mention a few: At naptime, one of the kids came up to me as I was monitoring the room. She said to me, all weepy, “I miss my mom.” I didn’t really know what … More Funny Moments at Summer Camp
(I have no qualifications to give tips other than that I’ve applied to colleges myself and been accepted to them. I’m also going to a college in a couple months, if that helps.) So here are some tips to make college apps less annoying and time-consuming. 1. Start early, which should be pretty obvious. By … More Tips for College Apps
I’m starting university in the fall and so last week I had the two-day orientation event. We were split into groups based on our major. I and another Muslim guy from my group were fasting. Some of our other group members were amazed at how people can go all day without eating or drinking but … More Ramadan Adventures: Orientation
I remember A warm pool of sunlight The sandy carpet tickling my back Flipping the smooth, whispering pages of a book Minutes and hours swimming past As I am submerged in a place outside of time and thought Underwater In my secret place between the window and eternity
Today in physics class we were going over some problems on the board, change in velocity and displacement and things like that. Sometime during this my friend sitting next to me sighs, “I hate physics,” as one does, just some offhand complaining. However I looked at her in total shock. I actually really like physics … More Physics for the Soul
Bathroom mirror: She stumbles into the bathroom early in the morning, squinting against the light and her hair in its usual morning rat’s nest. Checks the time after a few minutes and begins brushing her teeth with greater speed. Bedroom mirror: Changes into brandspankingnew school clothes across the room. Comes over and looks at her … More My first day of school narrated by inanimate objects
1. Wearing fancy clothes for no reason. 2. Staring dismally out the window when it rains. 3. Staring dismally out the window when it’s too hot. 4. Trying to avoid getting carsick. 5. Waking up early and eating mangoes for breakfast. Yes all the mangoes. 6. Buying stuff for school. 7. Procrastinating on summer work. … More What I’ve Been Doing the Past Week
The Melodrama Effect 