At a time when xenophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric are on the rise across Europe, London is lighting up this Ramadan in a very public way. While no city catapults itself into Ramadan quite like Cairo does, London, too, will be…
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The Silent Struggle Continues: Living With Bulimia During Pregnancy
In 2024, I wrote an article about eating disorders and the difficulty of being in recovery from bulimia during the holy month of Ramadan. Over time, I created a plan that works for me, one that helped me stay grounded when fasting, family gatherings, and food-centered traditions made everything feel heavier than it already was. But recently, I jumped into a phase I wasn’t warned about, and a phenomenon I haven’t seen enough people openly…
It takes time for the desert to open itself to you and to acknowledge your presence; time to reveal…
A month ago, a video circulated showing an elderly man confronting a young woman on a Cairo metro carriage over…
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