‘Let not hatred of a people incite you not to act equitably,’ – where is that from?
Peace & Love to all!
I think we need to fill the world with messages of peace, respect and love right now. I just want to say I like people of all races, cultures, colours and religions – especially if they’re into cars!
Haunted by a Honda
If you’re like me, you believe some cars have souls – so could they come back to haunt you? I think so. I believe so. I know so.
Eid morning!
A crisp cooling breeze has somehow scattered asunder; the heavy haze of a receding scorched summer.
Sizing up equality
Imagine the scenario. You’re in the clothes section of Carrefour supermarket in Mirdif City Centre in Dubai. You have picked a skirt off the rack and suddenly you see the right woman. You stop her with barely an ‘excuse me please’ and before she’s even had a chance to respond you stick the aforementioned skirt directly right up against her waste to size it up and see if it looks okay.
A Question of Love
This is my first work to ever get published. I actually wrote it in October 1985 as part of a school assignment. But later a London community organisation published it in its monthly newsletter after my mother submitted it. I’m reproducing it here with a few edits.
‘Friendship is like a vase, once broken it maybe repaired, but the mark will remain’, I once read somewhere.
Ramadan Quranic Quotes – and what they mean to me
Everyone equates Ramadan with fasting and feasting, and in part that wouldn’t be entirely inaccurate. But it’s also a celebration of the miracle of Islam, which is the revelation of the Holy Quran. In the last 10 days of the special month, I decided to pick out some key favourite Quranic quotes and present them in a very unique style using Bitstrips cartoons. Here’s a compilation of the translations/interpretations with my own personal thoughts about each of them.
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Ramadan – one-third down
Reposting this from last year
If it was easy, there wouldn’t be much point, would there? Still we’re into the middle bit now. So what’s it like?
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Lend a hand, don’t take a picture
Check my social media profiles and you’ll know I’m the last person to rant against Selfie Syndrome and OPD (Obsessive Posting Disorder), but there are times when you need to put the phone away.
What to have for Iftar
The first day of Ramadan – and here in the UAE it’s a 15-hour fast, the longest it’s been in 32 years!
Iftar today is at 7:12pm and you’re probably already thinking about what to dig into when the Muezzin calls for Magrib prayer.
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