The Value of Parents in Islam Hanna Mohammed February 26, 2018 Food for Thought In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Our parents have been with us throughout most of our lives, teaching us and being mentors for us. In Islam, honouring and respecting one’s parents... Read More...
Let’s Be the Best Again! Aaiza Khalid February 12, 2018 Food for Thought Imagine: you have been chosen by the school principal as the best student in the school, and with this special status, you have also been given certain extra responsibilities. Instead of feeling honoured, you a... Read More...
Not All That Glitters is Gold: Social Media’s Selective Storytelling Amal Abdullah January 22, 2018 Food for Thought Social media is a great means to connect us with people — a conversation with our loved ones becomes only a few taps away, no matter how many kilometers the actual distance may be. Gone are the days of our gran... Read More...
Voices of Muslim Women: My Experience at The Ringleaders Panel Saneeya Muneeb December 28, 2017 Food for Thought, News & Social Issues Voices of Muslim Women is a non-profit organization with the goal of enabling Muslim women of all different backgrounds and ethnicities to speak out about their lives, aspirations, and experiences. The organiza... Read More...
Ending Consumerism Through Minimalism Areej Hashmi October 13, 2017 Food for Thought “We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.” This famous quotation perfectly encompasses the culture of consumerism that we live in nowadays. The truth is, th... Read More...
Are We More Than Another Melting Pot? Aisha Hyder September 8, 2017 Food for Thought “I am proud to be Canadian.” I am sure that you have heard this statement multiple times, particularly since Trump’s inauguration, as we Canadians sighed with relief at being on this side of the border.... Read More...
A Sudden Shift In Perspective Mariam Zubair August 31, 2017 Food for Thought My entire body ached from the fifteen hours long continuous flight, from Mississauga to Karachi. As I waited in the last, yet longest line of the day, my brain was boiling from inside. I could not take it anymo... Read More...
Chilling at the Place of Death Asfiya Irfan July 8, 2017 Faith, Food for Thought This was our chill-spot at Masjid al Haram, where my husband and I sat down to eat a snack after performing Tawaf. The enclosing architecture of the entire Masjid was marvelous, reminiscent of a castle-type con... Read More...
A Wake-Up Call: The Consequences of Silence Imtisaal Mian June 27, 2017 Food for Thought Out of all the commotion that has been taking place around the world after the US presidential election, from protests to boycotts, one particular thought has been on my mind— the striking parallelism between t... Read More...
The Paradox of Positive Change Feryal Niazi April 25, 2017 Creative Writing, Food for Thought Perhaps as a result of growing up in a progressive household, with a father who encouraged his daughters to pursue free thought and education, and a mother who never treated marriage as the ultimate achievement... Read More...
