Culturally Muslim

In December, a lot of my pseudo-Christian friends get really excited about Christmas.  I didn’t understand why people would celebrate a traditionally religious holiday if they weren’t really religious themselves.  Read More …

Brown Girl <3 White Guy

Every couple of months, someone asks me for advice on how to deal with their interracial, interreligion relationship.  Usually, it’s a brown Muslim girl who is dating a white Christian Read More …

The Asthma Struggle

Today’s struggle with asthma is worse than usual. Strong smells trigger my asthma — cigarette smoke, perfume, cologne, air fresheners, candles, etc. All of those things are so widespread in Read More …

2015 Asynchrony Performance Review

This year, I was in the advocacy program at Asynchrony again.  The advocacy program is different from the traditional review process in that you solicit feedback from your coworkers on Read More …

Year Books

A friend of mine said that she was going to make yearly photo books for the past couple of years.  I thought it was a great idea!  I wanted to Read More …

Non-native Guide to Navigating Devon Avenue

I had a fun girls’ weekend in Chicago with my bridesmaids a couple weekends ago.  We decided that they would wear traditional Bengali clothing in the wedding instead of traditional Read More …