Are we normalising negative behaviours?

By Jaweria Ibrahim  Scene#01 It’s a busy day at work and you’ve been working diligently through the staggering pile of tasks. By mid-day, most of it is done and you’re already anticipating freedom. But then your jerk boss saunters by with another “on my desk at the end of the day” assignment that he forgot...

Careless Whispers

By Masooma Malik Lost in the hustle of this world, we have forgotten the basic etiquette of almost everything. There are always some standards, practiced by societies and there are a set of values given by the ultimate higher authority, Allah S.W.T.  Sometimes, the two go hand in hand, but often they contradict.  We silently adore...

Chapter 18: The Waning Dusk (series)

  Myth: It's not that big a deal. Surely, those who like that lewdness spreads among the believers, for them there is painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. Allah knows, and you do not know...  O you who believe, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Whoever follows the footsteps of Satan, (should...

Dial G for Gossip

“There's a kind of silence that's peaceful. And a kind that's deafening.” –Yasmin Mogahed There’s also a third silence; the kind that is necessary. Here is what happens when you have scandalous news and updates but you are morally bound to keep mum. Only because you know deep down- no- you know anyway that blathering...