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Your Chosen Family Isn't Coming
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A note before you read: this essay is not about people who are genuinely, radically practicing community — the ones who cook the meals, show up without being asked, carry the weight when it counts. You e...
The Erotics of the Council Flat
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I live in a council flat in East London, and I have officially become a fetish.
Not the fun kind involving leather or specific hotel rooms— oh no….though the “looks” haven’t stopped, they’ve just cha...
My Brother Said I'm Bitter. My Son Asked If I'm a Feminist.
Mine
My fifteen-year-old came to me last night with his laptop already playing. A YouTube clip of Gamal Abdel Nasser, 1950s Egypt, talking to a crowd about the Muslim Brotherhood’s demand to make hijab compulsory for every woman in the cou...
I owe her a room
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I don’t know her.
I’ve been trying to think about her all week and I keep coming up blank — not like the memory has faded, but like she was never fully formed to begin with.
I was 22 when my eldest came. And...
I Am the Divorced Muslim Woman She Warned You About
It’s her. The woman she warned you about
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Single mum. Psychology student. Writer. Personal essays and cultural commentary on identity, mental health, and the raw reality of the human experience. London. (The tip jar is hiding under the '+1' below \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffb ). #withlove
I am a compassionate storyteller shaped by motherhood, guided by kindness, and showing up to hold space for diverse experiences with dignity. I'm here to build relationships with roots. HSP. INFJ.
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