My Story Mondays

Healing Forward

For the purpose of this writeup I will refer to my ex as M’lek (meaning King in Arabic), it was my pet name for him. I never imagined...

Adapting to life in Shanghai

The day had arrived to leave my grandparents nest and join my parents in a new province. After having lived with gogo and thatha...

Remember Why You Carry On

A few months before my 16th birthday I watched an episode on the Oprah Show that would plant a seed so deep in the ground of my soul,...

Surgery in China

It was a regular weekday evening and I’d finally plucked up the extra stamina to drag myself to the opposite side of town for my first...

How I got broke

I didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth, maybe a bronze one which is good enough for me. We never went to bed hungry or to...

Beauty on your own terms

Initiating a dialogue on the subject of beauty always has the potential to open up a can of controversial worms because it’s just one of...

Power vs. Responsibility in Media

Our society is built on the idea of the perfect self... We all aspire to have dashing bodies, unmatched beauty, boundless power and...