A Look Back with Zainab
By Zainab Haider - PBS Graduate Cambridge had this way of making me feel like I was at constant extremes, sometimes so full of hope and belonging but at other times lonely and stretched beyond my [...]
Ramadan during a Pandemic
By Rahat Uddin - a first year Natural Scientist When it came to the time for applying to different Universities in Sixth Form, my mum said that she didn’t want me to move out. Because [...]
Reflections on COVID-19
By Maryam Mahmood - first year HSPS student I remember carrying out my normal Friday routine of attending lectures, followed by jummah, blissfully unaware that it would be my last day for a long while [...]
Ramadan is here!!
By Merna Daabis - first-year studying HSPS Ramadan is here!! The holy month of Ramadan is finally upon us – much awaited with a mixture of excitement and perhaps a little anxiety. Hopefully this will [...]
Behind the Veil
by Merna Daabis, a first-year studying HSPS Behind the Veil We are in a period of political and social anxiety that makes us all suspicious of each other. The misconceptions surrounding Islam have become so [...]
“Interfaith” is more than just a social event
by Imane, a second year linguist and our EIW co-head “Interfaith” is more than just a social event I was two years old when my family and I first moved to Italy from Morocco. The [...]
Faith and Mental Health
By Zainab Haider, a 2nd year PBS student Faith and Mental Health I think a lot of the stigma surrounding mental health in the Muslim community has a lot to do with the idea that [...]
Surviving Islamophobia
by Nabila Idris One chilly evening this Michaelmas, a group of drunk men accosted a friend of mine in front of the Cambridge railway station. They patted her on the head, ruffled her scarf, and leered, [...]
That Token Black Guy
by Abubakar, a fourth year chemical engineer Navigating the intersection of being both Black and Muslim in the UK is more difficult than it may appear. The black community in the UK predominantly identifies as [...]
Freshers’ – My Story
By Sanaa, a second year studying veterinary medicine My story, like all stories, is a bit different. I took a ‘Gap Year’ before coming to Cambridge, and so I had a lot of time to take [...]