Category: Blog
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How to Love Yourself When You ‘Hate’ Yourself
The other day I was having dinner with my husband at our family dining table, when my thoughts drifted away to one of the things I was yet to cross out from my to-do list. I was deeply lost in thought and unconsciously started to play with the food on my plate, when I felt…
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Top Nasheeds of 2021
Assalam Alaykum and Ramadan Mubarak brothers and sisters! If you are reading this, alhamdulilah for we are extremely blessed to live and witness the holy month of ramadan this year. I hope you are all engaging and occupying yourselves with lots of beautiful acts of worship and trying the best you can to earn as…
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My Life Changing Experience With a Niqabi
Let me tell you a little story about an encounter I had with a niqabi at a popular market in Lagos. It was a hot and dry afternoon in Lagos and my mum managed to lure me out of bed and to convince me to go to the market with her. Upon arriving at the…
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10 Hard Lessons of 2019
Assalam alaykum lovelies! I hope you are all feeling great today and on track to smashing the rest of your goals for this month. Can you believe there’s just a few more days to wrap up this year? A few more days before the lapse of a decade and the start of a new one?…
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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi – Book Review
Hello everyone! As you may all know, the members of Le Savoir Book club met up last month to discuss their selected read from the African Literature genre; Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and boy do I have a whole lot to say about it! I’ll start with the author herself. Yaa Gyasi, 30, is a…
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Poison Ivy
Her vision was like a mirage in a hot desert land, distortedly beautiful and mighty to behold. Once glance could bring all great men down to their knees, beware of the Poison Ivy. Her bosoms and curves were finely chiseled, a weakness and a mighty feast for the wicked. With a swift turn she buried…