Even when there is peace in the world, there would still be war in your heart ~ eileen
In this book filled with stories of cruelty, injustice, bigotry and ignorance, love never steps out of the picture. It gleams on the edges of even the deepest wounds... A remarkable achievement. ~ Kamila Shamsie Recently, I've become interested in the presentation of female characters in Middle Eastern fiction and novels which are based around... Continue Reading →
A hundred agonies in black and white from which his editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplement. The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers. From the aeroplane he stares impassively at where he earns his living and they do not care. ~ War Photographer, Carol Ann Duffy... Continue Reading →
I'm here, I just can't scream. I'm not okay with telling you what I feel - I'd like to but I'm not okay with it. There's no other way of describing it other than a tangle mess of stress, doubt and maybe a little bit of self hatred just growing and growing. Maybe one day I'll... Continue Reading →
I came across this concept a couple of years ago when reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It resonated with me and formed the basis of my cultural identity and outlook on race. Not only is it a bold and radical statement denouncing the traditional Western ideals of identity, but it... Continue Reading →
Recently, the immigration crisis and rise of terrorist acts in Europe has increased anti-Islam sentiment. France was the first European country to ban the burqa in 2004, first within state schools and in public in 2011. Women caught wearing a full face veil face a fine of 150 euros. Then Belgium followed in 2011. The... Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, Theresa May laid out plans to expand Grammar schools, which caused a lot of uproar nationwide. Before this, I had been unsure of the exact function of Grammar schools and why some had stated that they belong in the "dustbin of history". Although Grammar schools came to prominence in the 16th century,... Continue Reading →
"Even though she's a girl. Even though she's coloured. I want to keep kissing Sarah forever." It is 1959 - 5 years after the Brown v. The Board of Topeka case, 3 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott and 2 years after the Little Rock incident. Lies We Tell Ourselves mirrors the scene during the... Continue Reading →
You are born a poor black child and you will remain a poor black woman because you are lazy, feckless and not educated enough to secure a good job and thus continues the cycle of poverty - which in fact, does still exist today. A new study carried out by the Prince's Trust confirmed what... Continue Reading →
Strong. Black. Independent. This phrase had been coined as a slogan of female empowerment and the embodiment of the African American woman. And rightly so. It is laced with the history of the Black Power Movement, when a black woman chose to commercially bankrupt the ideals of beauty by wearing her natural hair, when a... Continue Reading →
This is a poem that i wrote earlier this year at a writing course with the most incredible and powerful ladies I have ever met, as well as Joelle Taylor and Anthony Anaxagorou. Dear Boy, They will not remember us In Flanders’ field, between the crosses The sunset glow, row on row Loved. They were... Continue Reading →
Ordinary Inspirations 