I've been watching a lot of series since May. I quite like the routine of coming home after work and just plopping myself on the bed and mindlessly watching a series or scrolling through instagram.
Dark
This is a German TV show which I initially thought was a murder-mystery. It began with the disappearances of two children in a small town and further digging unravelled the fact that this show is actually about time-travelling and it all gets a bit confusing because the past, present and future are all interconnected. I don't know the direction that they're going with this or what Season 3 will bring but the plot is interesting nevertheless and I will watch Season 3 just to see how the writers will tie up this mess they've made.
The Bletchley Circle
Four intelligent women taking down a serial killer. Whats there NOT to love?! This series is set in the early 1900. These four women were working in Bletchley during the war to decode the German's communications and to learn their moves. Once the war was over, they had to sign a contract of secrecy and move on with their normal lives. Here's a hint: they didn't move on with their normal lives and still itched for something more! All in all: cool. p.s. I looooooooooooooooove the concept of British TV Shows in comparison to American ones, ohmygod. A season only has 3-4 episodes and they don't unnecessarily drag the storyline!
Hannibal
I love the Hannibal movie series. Silence of the Lambs is one of the most brilliant movies I've ever watched and enjoyed. It went downhill from there, but I still enjoyed the rest of the movies: Hannibal, Red Dragon and Hannibal Rising. I was excited when I saw that it was turned into a series. Season 1 was exceptional. The murder cases and scenes were nothing like I've ever seen before. It is orchastrated in a beautifully gruesome manner, almost art-like. Season 2 got kinda strange, and so I stopped watching it.
( I love April. I always have and always will love April. Heck, I even like the sound of it. April. This was supposed to be an April's List, but life got a hold of me and April became May..)
My life falls into place with a routine. I know that every morning I have to wake up at a certain time and go to work. At work, I complete my tasks. Then I go home, and repeat the cycle again tomorrow. In the busyness and routine, I become more grounded, I improve, I am slightly prouder of myself. I do not know what to do with myself if I didn't have a routine. I'll binge watch TV shows unnessasarily, I'll mop around the house, I basically turn into a sloth.
However, routines do have its side effects too. One day morphe into the other and become this huge blob of mess called your days, and it becomes difficult to differentiate one day from another. Some days do stand out though. My birthday in April stood out. My birthday is usually really simple but I always feel very much loved. Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah. I think my life lately has been filled with gratitude. I am so thankful for the people in my life, I am grateful for the job that I have, for the diploma I have, for the degree that I am about to take, for the classes that I teach. Allah has been so kind and merciful. Subhanak ya Rabbi.
Things that stood out...
1. BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content
I used to read so much as a teenager and the older I became, the less I read.
When our internet connection got cut off at home for 2 weeks last year, I read so.many.books. Our internet was then fixed, and the books went back to the shelves to collect dusts :') I don't really have an excuse. After school or work, I am always too lazy to read, and usually succumb to *drum rolls please* SOCIAL MEDIA AND NETFLIX! (which sucks). So this video? Totally relevant.
Max (the face of the video) spoke about content diet before proceeding to search for the most beautiful bookstore in Western Europe and meeting a few people to advice him on how to read more books. I just love this video A LOT. He's very articulate, the video is interesting and beautifully shot.
2. Ways to Change the World Podcast - Jameela Jamil
Ever since acne waged a war against me in January 2018, I've been having a lot of self-image issues. It doesn't help at all that when we open instagram, youtube and other social media platforms, we are constantly bombarded with images of women who appear to be perfect.
It got to the point that I was feeling sick and repulsed by images in general. I hated looking at all these seemingly perfect-looking girls online and I hated looking at my own image in the mirror.
Back when I lived in Yemen for 6 months in 2013, I remember feeling so at ease at the fact that there were no billboards and advertisements to be found anywhere. While some might view it as an economic stunt, I just felt so at ease. Our TV cabel was in Arabic, so I didn't watch TV at all and our internet came and went, since electricity and connection wasn't stable at all. The only source of image I got were from the movies and TV series I watched. There was no FOMO, no 'here's a better house, a better car, a better lifestyle, a better fashion style' and I felt like I lived up to my name: to truly live and exist.
In this podcast, Jameela Jamil speaks about airbrushing, weight-loss and vanity. She speaks about the toxic influence that social media and 'celebrities' have on young girls and how we place value on looks rather than our worth. I love the way she speaks and the message that she carries.
Series //
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
This is literally my favourite comedy series ever. I love each and every character, even Hitchcock and Scully lol. It's a simple, easygoing, feel good show. It's now on Season 6 but Netflix Malaysia doesn't have Season 6 yet so I've been rewatching it from the beginning again.
Romance is a Bonus Book
This series shows the struggles of a late-30 divorced single mother who has been out of the working world and wants to start working again. It is set in a publishing company and it was really cool to see how books are published! Besides that, the usual toxic masculinity that is usually in korean dramas ain't in this one and Cha Eun Ho (the male lead) and Kang Dan-i (the female lead) scenes make my heart melt. Also.. Cha Eun Ho is played by Lee Jong Suk. Nuff said.
Something in the Rain
I was really excited when I watched Romance is a Bonus Book and that made me want to watch another kdrama. I didn't like the plot of this (too dramatique) but I watched it till the end anyway. The best thing to come out of this series though: Enduring by Lee Namyeon.
Hey. Wow, I didn't realise that compiling this month's favourites would be so tiring and slightly overwhelming, but alhamdulillah it is finally done! 😊 Alhamdulillah, I'm really glad. This month, I've been watching the randomest of things and not reading enough (the usual) 😛
How is your heart?
Mine feels a little neglected by me. I feel like I am doing a lot, but nothing worth it and nothing that feels satisfying enough which makes me slightly sad when I think about it. I want to experience new things, new moments, new places but somehow I keep entering the same cycle of repetition. I need a sprinkle of something wonderful and magical in my life.
As mentioned here, I recently decluttered my things. While I was going through my books, I read the first chapter of this book and was struck in amazement. This book was a part of my syllabus in Year 11 (8 years ago) but it was never touched in school. One of my friends read it from cover to cover and told me how amazing it is. Apparently I've half of this book before (evident through the notes and scribbles I've made) but I don't remember much, if not anything at all.
I haven't gotten very far in the book, but I genuinely love it and would love for you to read it, too.
I just love anything that centres around God and looking at the world the way that it is. I love reading, hearing and talking about things that make my relationship with God feel personal; which I feel is so important. The author can be blunt sometimes which usually isn't to my liking, but so far I'm liking this book a lot, alhamdulillah.
Here's a chapter from the book which I really appreciated and loved: Allahu Akbar.
And here's a link to articles written by the author: Food for Thought.
It’s been a couple of months since I updated this space, and now the year is coming to an end. A little update: I finished my diploma a few months ago, and started working literally the day after I finished my exams. I’m now finally having a week long holiday since I graduated! Alhamdulillah.
This year has been.. interesting. In all honesty, I’ve never thought I’ll someday be here. I never thought I’d graduate with a diploma in Islamic Studies, I never thought I’d ever teach children, and enjoy it so much. I never thought I’d work part time while studying. This year, my family went through a little money problem. Spoiler alert: crying and worrying did not solve my problems. I had been angry, I had been sad, but little did I realize, they were all blessings in disguise. It strengthened my relationship with Allah. Allah has always been kind, is always kind, will always be kind. Believing in Allah, having Him as my root, has kept me sane and calm..er. Alhamdulillah.
I’ve been wanting to write on this space, a two-months overdue monthly favourites, but my personal life hasn’t been very educational. Many things that I used to share on here I ended up doing for my diploma and now work. I’m living my truths, guys :P But I now realize that my personal life needs to match my life in general. And that is something I need to continue working on.
Here’s the overdue favourites, they’re quite.. random. Haha. And while they’re certainly entertaining, they’re unfortunately not very educational.
Is
it weird that I'm 23 and still watch and read coming of age, teen
rom-coms? I'll admit, it is pretty weird.. seems like I'm not too ready
to grow up and start becoming an adult. Wait, what? :P
Bad Genius (Thai Film)
Dangal - An Amir Khan Hindi Film
Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark
I've
watched him several times before and I was so thrilled that one of his
stand-up comedy was on Netflix. He's hilarious and his jokes make me
laugh so hard yet while joking he also drops many truth bombs. He's
really well-informed and also hosts for The Daily Show and Comedy
Central.
6 Years
Set It Up
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
It's
a surprise that I've never included Brooklyn Nine-Nine in any of my
monthly favourites because I love this show so much. It's the perfect
combination of crime-solving and jokes. The characters are diverse, the
jokes are great and its overall such a wholesome show. I was devastated
when it got cancelled by Fox, and was delighted when it got picked up by
NBC. It's getting renewed for Season 6, baby!
Here's a little clip for you, one of the many good clips from the show:
August.. has been filled with clarity, yet has also brought about a lot of confusion. Sometimes I feel like my head-space is filled with haze, and I roam about just.. searching. Life sometimes become so repetitive to the point that it feels like it is filled with dullness. Life loses its colour, its luster, its magic, its spark. Then you discover things that genuinely spark something within you again, and it feels like God-sent rain to clear up the haze. The air clears up, your lungs is filled with fresh, new air, the world returns, filled with colours again.
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This month reached a low point where I became really angry towards God. I don't remember ever having so much anger towards God, but I was really angry, and all those anger was directed towards God. The feeling subsided, but the source of my anger remained: life has got me cornered, and boy did I feel defeated.
Initially, a few weeks prior to being cornered, before the snowball, I told myself that I'd say alhamdulillah - all praise be to Allah - regardless of whatever life throws at me. The snowball was small. I said alhamdulillah. The snowball got bigger. I said alhamdulillah. and bigger.. and bigger, and bigger, to the point that I got angry. Just pure, red, hot, boiling, poisonous anger.
The day after the anger, I was once again stuck. I wish I could explain to you how cornered life can make you feel sometimes. This time, I was too tired. I was in the musolla for zuhr prayer, I was exhausted, defeated but desperate. In zuhr I cried, and in my sujud I remembered an acquaintance quoted the Quran and told me that whoever believes in Allah, He will make you a way out from sources that you'd never imagine. And what she said next stuck with me: "He (God) will make a way out for you, not show a way, but MAKE a way. Meaning if there was no way before, a way will be made." And in desperation, I called onto Him and spoke to Him in sujud, saying, "Oh Allah, I'm so sorry. Oh Allah, I believe in You. Oh Allah, make a way out for me, make a way out for me, make a way out for me."
After prayers, doors (read: doors. plural.) were opened for me, one after the other.
Onto August's favourites:
Articles //
Mark Manson
I recently stumbled upon Mark Manson who is the author of "The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F-" which I haven't read but really want to read. His profanity and examples are highly resemblant of a horny college dude who thinks about life a lot and read books as a hobby. But whatever he says always manages to bring a new awareness in me and make me laugh.
After reading a few articles on his blog, I started noticing that a lot of the things that he wrote revolve around the same theme as minimalism and it turns out that he too is a minimalist, which is cool. Maybe that's why the things that he says resonate with me. Here are the articles that I liked:
From time to time I feel like all stories that could be told have been told, and life's just a big bore of recycled stories. This show proved me otherwise. Dexter is a blood spatter analyst who works for Miami Metro Police Department by day and is a serial killer by night. The irony, I know. There are 8 seasons in total. Each season introduces a new serial killer for Dexter to kill while Miami Metro Police Department tries to track the serial killer, too. The whole series is also a self-discovery journey for Dexter as a serial killer juggling normal life.
Don't let the 8 seasons intimidate you as it intimidated me in the beginning because all 8 seasons are really, really good. My personal favourites: Season 1, Season 4 and Season 5.
I didn't think I would like it enough to watch all 8 seasons, but now that it's all over I would've continued watching it even if it was 16 seasons. It consumed me the same way the Harry Potter series and A Little Life consumed me, and I was so absorbed in it that I finished 8 seasons in 1.5 months.
If you're into mystery, thriller and deadpan humour, this is for you. I honestly loved it so much and I'm considering watching all 8 seasons again, something I never do. The plot is also brilliantly written.
American TV shows annoy me sometimes because I feel like the writers always try to unnecessarily make it longer than it needs to be because hey, more seasons = more money and they always destroy the storyline while doing so. But with each season of Dexter, I feel like it expands on the background of each character, helping us connect and understand them while also progressing and not compromising the storyline.
It's really great. 11/10 would recommend. Oh and I signed up for Netflix. It's honestly the best thing in the world for a serial binge watcher like me. Oh, and can we appreciate the intro of the series?
Books //
Eeman Made Easy by Muhammad Mustafa al-Jibaly
The 'Eeman Made Easy' series is a series of explanation of The Six Articles of Faith in Islam which are the belief in..
Allah/ God
Angels
Prophets and Messengers
Holy Books
Day of Judgement
Pre-Destination
Each pillar in the Six Pillars of Imaan deals with unseen matters, therefore it gets tricky. I've read a few books which speaks of the unseen matters in Islam with absolutely no basis and references, and some of them are so far-fetched and out of reach that you wonder what the author was on when they were writing it.
The reason why I love this series so much is because everything the author wrote and used as reference are all based on legitimate sources of Islam: what Allah said and what Prophet Muhammad SAW said. The Quran and sunnah. The Articles of Faith are also matters which are not focused on within Islamic circles which is so sad because they are the very basis of our religion. Sadly people focus more on the halal and haram rather than the actual foundations of Islam sometimes. :( Therefore I would highly highly recommend this series. They're good. There are 6 books in total, one book for each pillar.
My days following the exams have been calm. I so badly want to update this blog, to make it mine again, but it's been hard. There were so many things on my list that I wanted to do in my one month holiday: I wanted to clear the clutter in my bedroom, reorganise my closet, donate the books I no longer read and need but truth be told, when I finally had time to myself, there was nothing more I wanted than to be home and laze around. After days of classes and college and club-meetings and part-time work and the never-ending feeling of responsibilities, I really appreciate just doing absolutely nothing. It's been feeling great, despite the fact that mum sees me as a sloth when I don't have responsibilities. She prefers me busy. :p
Movies //
The Handmaid's Tale
Photo Credit: dutchuncle.co.uk
Part of me wishes that this series ended in the first season, leaving the ending open-ended, just as Margaret Atwood left it in the book. But a part of me is really glad that this series is renewed for Season 2, because good lord the plot just thickened and became better in a worse way. There were two episodes that made me cry, not just tears gently flowing down my cheeks but ugly cry; sobbing loudly with snot and all. I blame it on the period-hormones.
For those who are new to The Handmaid's Tale, its based on a book written by Margaret Atwood which was inspired by George Orwell's 1984. It follows the story of a woman and her experiences from a 'free' government to an autocratic religious government which came about due to environmental disasters and the rapid decrease of birth rate. The totalitarian government blamed women for the state of the country and fertile women were forced to be sexual slaves based on 'religious texts'. The government reconstructed the society to return to traditional 'religious' values which divided women into wives, marthas and handmaids. I'm already saying too much. Watch it. Besides the plot, kudos to the makers of the series because the colours, lighting, framing and pace of the movie is so beautifully made which makes the series even more heart-wrenching.
Dystopian novels and movies have a way of mirroring our current society and making things seem worse than it is, but the possibility of us heading towards that direction is high. You'll even see instances where you think, "that's already happening" or "we are heading towards that direction" and even "that can easily happen". The Handmaid's Tale just got renewed for Season 3 which means that hey, we won't be getting an ending in Season 2 after all.
Here is the written recap for each episode on The Vulture.
This is another movie that is based on a book written by the Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Norwegian Woods is one of my favourite books of all-time and the movie was so disappointing because I felt like it focused on all the wrong things. It did have elements of the book within the movie, but I felt like it didn't capture the essence of the book, the complications of the main character's relationships and neither did it capture his thoughts well. Needless to say I didn't finish watching it. The acting is also pretty cringey, lol. I totally recommend the book though because Haruki Murakami puts words into feelings you find hard to describe.
Incredibles 2, Ocean's 8, A Quiet Place, The Fundamentals of Caring, The Boy Downstairs, About Time, The Kissing Booth, Set It Up. Been watching lots of rom-coms. No period-hormones to blame for that, though. Fashion & Style //
Amy Serrano
From Amy Serrano's YouTube
Been really into Amy Serrano lately! She's a personal stylist who has styled several big-shot artists and she's made several videos in the about finding your own style which helped me really define my style and getting rid of clothes that don't align with it! Here's her video on personal style:
A writer and artist whose work I accidentally stumbled upon and fell in love with! Her quotes:
↠ "Cling to joy, audacious, unbridled joy, that looks for light in everything. Even while you're waiting."
↠ "You may not be able to see where you're headed, but I assure you, The Lord can. And He's holding your hand. He's breathing life into every aspect of your present and future. He's shining His light even in the darkest corners of your mind. So hold tight to Him. Hold tight to His love, knowing that He will never leave you or forsake you, you are in His grip forever. No uncertainty, no broken dreams, and no fear of the future can keep you from Him. He is with you always, in all of this. Trust Him. Believe. And let Him gracefully lead you to where you need to be."
↠ "May you always pursue the narrow path, a life that calls for something more and not perfection, but fullness... Something deeper, beyond the shore."
There's a lot more that I want to post about, but this post has been in my drafts for far too long and college resumes tomorrow so I'll post this for now. A Part 2 may or may not follow. Take care x
March March March! Apologies for the delay, my "surge of inspiration" got swallowed by a whole load of life responsibilities. True enough, as mentioned in my January favourites, this semester has been the hardest one yet. I'm grateful that I've managed to survive it all, and to prove my battles, I collected some battle scars - my pimples! My face has never been so bad before, and just when I think its bad, it gets worse. This has contributed to a lot of stress, crying and also self-insecurity, sigh. I just hope it gets better somehow, in shaa Allah. Alhamdulillah ala kulli haal. Onto my favourites: 1. Aida Azlin
I initially found her through one of her videos that a friend of mine sent to me, and its nice to listen to someone who feels just like me - just a regular girl who has tender love for Islam and wants to change the world. She's all about having a community of women and striving to empower and support them to become better individuals and Muslims, yada yada, youknow, stuffthatilove.
She also has a newsletter which she sends out every Tuesday. They are known as her "Tuesday Love Letters" (how cute/ lovely is that!?). Her newsletters can be found HERE and I personally like them, and would recommend for you to subscibe to them too. :)
I personally love that particular newsletter because it is something that I struggle with, and reading that hit me hard. Would totally recommend.
2. Hoda Katebi
Hoda Katebi a fashion blogger whom you might recognise because of the interview that she did that went viral and her smart reply to the interviewers who claimed that she didn't sound very American (despite being one):"That's because I've read."
I read her blog after I watched her interview and I love how she combines fashion and politics and how politically aware she is. As mentioned before, its nice to hear the perspective of someone who feels just like me - my age, my gender, living in my time, etc. Did I meantion she's pretty minimalist too? I'm sold, haha. Her blog: JooJoo Azad
If you know me in real life, you would know that I'm actually very.. minimal with fashion.. is the nice way to put it. The truth is when I go to college I don't like having to think of what to wear. Outside of college, I do put it some effort, probably 5-10% more effort in comparison to the 1% of effort I put into the clothes I wear to college. It is admittedly odd that I do care about fashion and love watching, reading and wanting them when I mostly just throw on a black abaya and black hijab.
The editing is so on point and reminds me of MTV. It's basically a journey of 4 boys with fashion, each of them have very different fashion sense from one another and it's mostly street + high-end fashion. Each episode is a challenge and it's just interesting!
Did I mention that they're British? They're peng, fam. Mad Ting. Legit, bruv. I'll stop now. Go watch them. Their channel: Kyra TV
Since we are on the topic of fashion, I'll include Violette in this month's favourites, although her style has been my favourite for many months now. x
Mainstream beauty has taken a turn now to a very go-hard-or-go-home, full faced, bold, step-by-step makeup. Violette is very effortless yet chic and elegant and she does her makeup based on her colour moods. I just love her vibe so much. Her videos are usually in a cafe/bar/bookshop, very unconventional, very unlike a beauty guru, and she just strolls in with her small makeup bag and she doesn't have much rules, just what looks good, its so SO so chic and breathtaking ;_________; colourful and bold eyes, nude lips, idk i don't even wear eyeshadows but i just love her vibe so much, very minimal, very Parisian, effortless, chic.
So this semester I took a class on transaction, which I was reeeaaalllyy nervous about, but alhamdulillah the class turned out so much better than I expected.
Our syllabus discussed topics such as contracts in Islam (its conditions, pillars and what nullifies it), uncertainty in a contract, gambling, loan and usury, and rental and mortgage in Islam. This class stood out above the others because I felt like it discussed topics that I don't usually encounter in real life or sadly even in the lectures that I used to attend as a teenager despite the fact that it is so so so important. All of us engage in contracts in a daily basis especially buying and selling yet we might be engaging in something that is unlawful in Islam.
We talk about hijab yet neglect riba (usury) when Allah gives us severe warning against riba? It's so important and although I have no books or lectures to recommend to you regarding Islamic Transactions, I do recommend for to read more about it. And it is beautiful to see how Allah protects us through Islam even in the areas of transaction, and Islam upholds justice, honesty and fair dealings in all areas in our lives. SubhanAllah. 7. A Poem
It's January 2018 already! Another year has passed, subhanAllah.
I can't help but feel that this semester I have finally, without realising it, took upon more work than I can handle. But the fact that I am calm -on the outside at least- about it makes me feel like, hey, maybe I can handle it after all! But this coming two weeks will be very busy for me, and if I can successfully get through them, then maybe I can do anything and everything that life throws at me! (a very exaggerated exaggeration)
I don't have much to share, except a series and a book.
TV Series //
I recently watched The Fall, a British/Irish psychological thriller. If you've been following me for sometime now, you'd know that I love watching psychological thrillers and just when I thought this would be a regular thriller, it proved me wrong. I came to know that British series are significantly different from American series. American series would have many seasons and more or less 20 episodes per seasons. The Fall only had 3 seasons (with a brilliant ending!) and 5-6 episodes per season. Therefore binge-watching 3 seasons of The Fall was similar to binge-watching a season of an American series. The movie is brilliantly written! I loved it from the start to finish, I loved how it touches on feminism (both male and female issues), it had a strong female lead that help track down the killer and the killer was.. not the regular young creepy male loner, which made it interesting. If you're looking for something to watch, would totally recommend.
Book //
This book is pretty famous, people on the internet talk about it, and I wanted to read something in 2018, so I randomly picked this book. The number of pages is intimidating, and when I read the first few pages, which immediately introduced 4 male characters, I couldn't differentiate them, which made me think that I wasn't gonna finish the book after all.. BUT I WAS WRONG.
The author quickly distinguished the four characters by race and background, and the book ended up turning into one of the most painfully beautiful books that I have ever read. It so heart-wrenching, it made me cry many many times and I had to put down the book from time to time because my heart couldn't handle it. It is beautifully written, and reading what initially seemed scary turned out to be easy.
I personally hate reviews before attempting to watch or read something and started reading this book without knowing what it was about because when you indulge in it without having any expectations and you're more.. surprised? when you read it but if you're one of those people who like reviews, here's a goodread's review that I feel describes the book perfectly:
I can't, with a clear conscience, give this book anything less than 5
stars. It's a book that kept me reading long into the night, made me
turn each page with vigor and curiosity, gave me chills and shivers over
the joys and sorrows of each character, and ultimately left me feeling a
bit older and tortured and yet at peace with the deeply complicated
nature of humanity.
What Hanya Yanagihara does with A Little Life
is nothing nearly as pretentious as that paragraph above. Somehow in
720 pages, she manages to adequately--better yet, excellently--show and
make the reader experiences the lives of these young men. The novel
follows four boys who meet at college: Malcolm, JB, Willem, and the
central and mysterious figure, Jude. It's truly Jude's tale, but
Yanagihara ends up telling each and every one of the boys' stories with
ease and genuineness that makes them real.
Her prose is clean
and honest and revealing of the many emotions that humans experience.
It's never explicitly beautiful, not flowery or overwrought with
adjectives or descriptors. But it has its own beauty that comes from its
ability to convey these feelings, making you feel every pain or
happiness that Malcolm and JB and Willem and Jude feel. It's some of the
best prose I've read in a while (or ever read), and I wanted it to keep
going on forever.
There's so much more I could say about this book. About how it hurt me to read at times--because yes, there is very
graphic material that makes the reading cringeworthy in parts--about how
I fell in love with so many wonderful people in this story, about how I
learned empathy and sorrow and frustration and anger for and with each
of them, and how if I were to write a book I would want it to have the
essence of this one.
The truth is, though, I can't recommend
this book to people, not without knowing them very well. Because it's a
difficult journey that I can't suggest everyone take. Don't take this
book lightly. But if you do choose to read it, if you choose to flip to
that first page, be prepared for something inexplicable and jarring, but
resilient and beautiful and ultimately worthwhile. (Source)
Well, that's it for this month! Anyone still making resolutions? Hope this year you'll achieve all your hearts desires!
"Calling women inferior, illogical, and emotional beings flies in the face of these basic protections which Shari‘ah affords to human beings. Being insulted, humiliated, and demeaned harms the minds of women, limits the religion of women, and refuses dignity to women."
A female preacher! I
honestly love this seerah series. Gender aside, I love how it
isn't merely factual but she emphasises a lot on the heart, translating
what we learn into actions instead of merely learning the seerah as
facts. She uses When the Moon Split by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri as a
guideline. I'm only on the second lesson but I'm loving it so far.
The
book that she uses is a very easy read. The PDF can be found HERE.
