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    Leaving Islam – irreconcilable differences

    October 31, 2014 /
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    Previously I owned up to the deep disquiet I’ve been feeling about my faith; how I suppressed it, and how I tried to reignite my conviction. But my quest only unearthed more reasons to hold it in question. This wasn't a dip in devotion - it was a derailment.

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    A fluid identity

    Identity – More Than The Sum Of My Parts

    October 26, 2013
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    Censorship – muslims caught in the middle

    March 31, 2012
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    Ghosts Of Ramadans Past

    August 6, 2013
  • Blog,  Bridging Cultures,  Islam

    Leaving Islam – the greatest jihad?

    October 20, 2014 /
    Silhouette of a shrouded women through the doorway of a Turkish mosque

    Zealous muslim converts strike out for Syria in droves answering the Islamist call to jihad, but this one’s eyeing the back door...

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    Fighting To Be Heard

    October 16, 2012
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    Back-To-School With A Snowbird Fly-Past

    September 2, 2013
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    The Toronto commute named one of the world’s worst

    November 11, 2011
  • Living in Canada

    Butterflies in the Canadian Classroom

    October 9, 2014 /
    Boy with Monarch Butterfly

    The Monarch butterfly's migration is one of the most amazing in the insect world - which makes for a fascinating school science project.

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    School Lockdown – blame it on the skunk

    September 29, 2011
    B is for... bi-lingual

    A-Z of Canada: B is for Bi-Lingual

    January 24, 2012
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    Pucks and Punch-Ups

    January 22, 2013
  • Bipolar,  Mental Health

    Blame It On The Bipolar

    October 3, 2014 /
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    How much of my father’s behaviour was a result of his illness, and how much was his real personality?

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    Accepting Disability – A Work In Progress

    January 28, 2015
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    The Question

    July 16, 2014
    Dictionary definition of 'Diagnosis'

    Adult diagnosis – how does it help?

    July 24, 2014

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Top Posts & Pages

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    Childhood Is A Foreign Country
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    How People With Autism Fake It
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    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
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    Britain vs. Canada
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    Marrying into a different culture – The clash of East and West
  • AND THE WINNER IS...
    AND THE WINNER IS...
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    “D’ya like dags?”
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    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto

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