If you could one piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be? Give a story of a lesson you wished you learned a long time ago.
Noise In life, there is so much noise - cars, notifications, lectures, chatter, footsteps - that seeks to steal our attention and distract us. There is also another kind of noise that, although we may [...]
What does it mean to be mindful? Being mindful means being aware of yourself. What are you really, truly feeling right now? It means noticing when you feel envy, jealousy, empathy, love, hurt, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
By Ibrahim Khan The Conquest of Makkah occurred eight years after the Muslims migrated from Makkah to Madinah. In 630 AD, the Prophet ﷺ and ten thousand of his Companions returned to Makkah and took [...]
Majida, an undergraduate student and our current events officer. For many of us, fasting during the month of Ramadan away from home is a first, or perhaps it is the lengthier hours in the UK compared [...]
Nilufa Ahmed is a second-year Geographer at Girton. Please contact her if you have any more questions about Geography, Girton or anything else! As the first Saturday of October soon arrives, another tradition is about to [...]
This blog post has been reposted from "The Brown Hijabi" with the permission of the author, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Cambridge Alumni. note: – the term BME used in this article is based on UK terminology to refer [...]
