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Continue reading →: Non-Political CompetitionSince the late 1980s, I have been interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, and I have watched it yearly, missing only one. Drama, as well as the glitz and glamour, and camp have been part of the biggest song competition in the world, as it did last year. But this…
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Continue reading →: Life, and DeathDeath comes to us all, and like I have mentioned before, it is one certainty in the universe. But did it have to happen just now?! Innā lillāhi wa innā ilaihi rāji’ūn. Verily, we belong to Allah, and unto Him we are returning.
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Continue reading →: A Dinner For One?Just a few days ago, I saw an advert in TikTok (of all places) about a man eating his iftar meal (the meal to break your fast with) by himself. The whole advert, in my mind, started like any food advert. But the words that came on the screen startled…
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Continue reading →: Ramadan – What Is It?Last year, I decided to do a picture challenge for Ramadan – the Holy Month. But for this year, I wanted to do something different, something for you, as a non-Muslim or a recent revert, to gain knowledge about Ramadan.
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Continue reading →: Feeling SafeOne year ago, almost to a day, several of my colleagues got the sack as redundancy negotiations at the workplace came to a conclusion. That sent ripples across the whole work community as the team was ripped apart. The ripples caused many a good nurse to depart that team, and…
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Continue reading →: Facing MortalityIt is 2024, and I have not been exactly active on my site. Had it not been my close relative’s sudden illness, I still might be in hiatus.
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Continue reading →: Confused.comHow are you feeling right now? Maybe it was meant to be just today when the dark clouds keep rolling in, obscuring the sunlight, and this makes me feel a bit sad. Maybe this question was meant for today as the summer is over and autumn is here, and this…
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Continue reading →: My name is Kalle, nice to meet you!Where did your name come from? Like my mother has told me, and other, a thousand times, she knew my name before I was born. She said to me that it would not have mattered if I was a girl or a boy because she would have named me Kalle…
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Continue reading →: Summer BluesAh, the lush, green meadows with butterflies. The lazy, warm afternoon when the bees buzz around and one can sit down on the porch with a mug of coffee. The bright early mornings when it feels like the whole world is still asleep and one has the chance to enjoy…
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Continue reading →: Midwives – Saving LivesWhat profession do you admire most and why? This truly is a difficult prompt as there are so many individuals and occupations that should be recognised. There are doctors, nurses, teachers, nannies, cleaners… the list goes on and on, and on. As such, the list is about the important professions,…
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I’m Khalil
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