Censorship – muslims caught in the middle
Earlier this year I joined thousands of other websites and “blacked out” for the day to protest against PIPA & SOPA; laws being drafted to restrict freedom of expression. I initially thought this was my first direct experience with censorship, but in reality, I've been exposed to it for the past decade; ever since I became a Muslim...
Canadian Youth and Suicide – an uncomfortable truth
The funeral of Toronto teenager, Caylen Millben took place this morning. He was the third teenager at the Sandalwood Heights secondary school to take his own life since November.
Aisha on life as an expatriate…
My interview with BlogExpat is out! And the kids think they're famous...
Store sold out of controversial Muslim book | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
This might currently be making news headlines around the world but it's nothing new. When I first converted to Islam ten years ago I visited various Islamic bookshops, in cities up and down the UK, and found books like this in all of them...
Define Me
“What’s your niche?” It’s a question every blogger faces. Now I wouldn’t say I’m claustrophobic, but I find being catalogued creatively limiting. If you take into account my change of name, change of religion, change of country, amalgamation of culture, I think you’ll agree I’m kinda difficult to pin down...
Meeting the In-Laws – bridging the cultural divide
It's no surprise that the first time I traveled to Edinburgh to visit K's parents I was incredibly nervous. No-one would deny that meeting their in-laws for the first time is stressful; they're probably the only other set of parents that you'll hope to impress and please as much as your own.
Kids in crisis – the repercussions of abuse
Picture yourself in the following situation… As a baby, you entered the world unwanted. If you had any doubts about that as you got older they were erased by the knowledge that your mother “gave you away” to be raised by a fellow stripper with a long history of drug and alcohol abuse. So it’s true; she really didn’t give a **** about you. You tell yourself you’re glad you never knew her. Does it stop the pain?
Toronto: Discovering the Discovery District
On Friday I was in Toronto’s Discovery District for a morning meeting at CAMH where I’ve volunteered to take part in research studies examining treatment for the prevention of depression relapse.
Investigating relapse prevention in depression
Tomorrow I’m off to Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, affectionately known as “cam-aitch”. It’s Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health...
Cross cultural relationships
In the light of my recent post about Marrying into a different culture, today we're finding the beauty in love across the barricades. It seems that my family's embrace of other cultures has had far-reaching consequences... ... if this picture of Barbie and Iggle Piggle from The Night Garden is anything to go by!
