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Rest In Peace, Canapé King
Welcome back to Stranger Than Flicktion, our Flickr-inspired column. We provide writers with five random food-related Flickr images and ask them to construct a fictional short story in under five days. In this edition, we mourn a man with an uncanny knack for canapés. → Read More
The Unique Weirdness Of Being A British Asian Muslim At A White Catholic Girls' School
How hidden altars, religious discos and communal swimming costumes ultimately made me a wiser Muslim → Read More
Hunger During Ramadhan Does Funny Things to a Person
As a Muslim, telling myself I won’t fast for Ramadhan is like saying Kim Kardashian isn’t going to post another selfie tomorrow. Shit ain't happening. That doesn't mean it's not hard, though. → Read More
A Girl's Guide to Being a Great Friend
A good friend is always there for you, whether that picks putting your heart back together or cleaning you up after you puke. → Read More
How I Learned That Cancer Can Be Heartbreakingly Funny
My dad forgot how to dress when my mom had lymphoma, and would turn up to things dressed in XL T-shirts with Al Pacino and guns all over them. → Read More
Internet Commenters: This Is Why Other Muslims and I Won't Apologize for the 'Charlie Hebdo'Â Attacks
Apologizing for the actions of extremist gunmen makes little sense to me when I have absolutely nothing in common with them and zero understanding of their grotesque interpretation of Islam. → Read More
Why I'm Raising My British-Born Child to Speak Urdu
Nigel Farage has strong ideas about immigrants speaking perfect English, but, as part of a Pakistani immigrant family, I'm living proof of how having English as a first language doesn't count for everything. → Read More
A Muslim's Guide to Anal Hygiene
Allow me to clear a few things up about the use of the lota, the pot filled with water that Muslims traditionally use to keep themselves clean. → Read More
I Had an Arranged Marriage â But I'm Still a Feminist
It's hard for people to reconcile that a woman like me can still call herself a feminist. But I am, unequivocally. I have a vagina and I refuse to let that make me any less powerful, ambitious or successful than someone without one. It's that simple. → Read More