May 2016 // Favourites

Book(s)

• Looking for Alaska by John Green - the 21 year old me understands why the 17 year old me loved this book. I cried, ok
• Dark Places by Gillian Flinn. Been wanting to read this since I read Gone Girl and I FINALLY got my hands on them. 

Movie(s) 

• The Boy (horror/thriller)
• Ratter (thriller)
• Suffragette (herstory/ biography)

Podcast(s)

• Lavendaire 

She's one of my favourite youtubers and she started her own podcast show and I have nothing but love and admiration for it. Each episode is only about 30 minutes long. She also has a series of called Words of Wisdom on youtube and its around 5 minutes each episode!

Article(s)

• Hoor al Ayn by Salafi Feminist
• A Woman of War - Mehreen Kasana
• The Danger of Hypocrisy
• Difference between Major and Minor hypocrisy
• Making up missed fasts 
• Consulting a woman in Islaam (please please please read!) 
• Ruqayyah and Umm Kalthum
• Wisdom of the Wives of the Prophet

Poem(s)

• Robert Frost - Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
• Robert Frost - Road Not Taken

Artwork(s)

Yellow, a series by Van Gogh. Yellow is such a bright and cheerful colour, and these artworks lightens my heart when it feels heavy. I hope it does to yours too.

A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, 1889

Long Grass with Butterflies. 1890

Sunflowers, 1888

That's it for this month. Hasta la vista, baby.