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		<title>Marrying a Stranger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The marital ideal in the West is to meet someone who makes you happy; maybe even someone who takes your breath away (if you&#8217;re lucky). To court for a while, and then have a relationship proposal. To do romantic things together. To share friends. To share experiences; travel. To integrate with one another&#8217;s families and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Eid Salaah: a half-witted fatwa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Umm `Atiyyah (may Allah be please with her) narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) commanded: &#8220;Let the free women, the virgins, and the menstruating women go out to attend the Eid prayer, and witness the good and the supplications of the believers. As for the menstruating women, they should stay away from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zuhayra.com/women-and-eid-salaah-a-half-witted-fatwa/</link>
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		<title>The Ramadan Diet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the month of Ramadan approaches I am filled with anxiety and tension. I feel excited and spiritually “high” but anxious nonetheless. I want to fast, but it scares me. In an off-guard moment I am inevitably transported back to high school, and afternoon drives between Stellenbosch and Cape Town; to the root of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feelings and toes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been two weeks since I wrote about Jehaan and her struggle, and while the comments were overwhelming (to say the least) most of the feedback I received was not made public. Some of it was not even said outright or to me directly, and a lot of it was snide. I want to say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jehaan, Creative mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jehaan was the first Muslim woman I met. I mean really met. I met her to ask her about Islam; about her life as a Muslimah. Probably most importantly, I met her to ask why she embraced Islam almost a decade ago, because I could no longer contain and ignore my own questions. We met [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost sheep and ham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d swear that the first revelation of Qur&#8217;anic verse began something like, &#8220;thou shalt not eat pork!&#8221;. As a revert I find it intensely fascinating how so many Muslims seem to have a deep psychological preoccupation with the animal. Sure, eating pork is haram but is associating with people who eat pork haram too? Is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zuhayra.com/lost-sheep-and-ham/</link>
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		<title>To my Ahmed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our wedding day was one of the happiest days of my life. I felt so deeply content; in touch with life; connected. I felt centred and at ease &#8211; on a gut level, knowing that everything to come would be electric and beautiful, growthful and supportive. It rained for us; our day was blessed. Who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zuhayra.com/to-my-ahmed/</link>
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		<title>What do we know about Islam?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I went to a lecture by a well known American Islamic scholar and author, Amina Wadud. When my friend Suhaifa mentioned that Amina would be in Cape Town speaking about gender reform in Islam, I was very excited to attend &#8211; right up my ally, I thought. Amina spoke about gender issues in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zuhayra.com/what-do-we-know-about-islam/</link>
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		<title>Unslept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t sleep. I have a book to write it&#8217;s pouring out of my soul. I have huge canvasses to paint with angry colours. I have pictures to take and roads to run. There are gardens waiting for me. Roses that need planting! Beautiful, over red tomatoes awaiting my bite. Trees to climb wild lakes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zuhayra.com/unslept/</link>
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		<title>Pinning a scarf</title>
		<description><![CDATA[17-01-09 was the day I decided to start wearing a scarf; it was two weeks before I took my shahadah. I felt so lovely and exotic, covering up&#8230; I looked at myself in the mirror and was proud of the lady looking back, draped in scarf and sparkly eyed. I felt as if God had [...]]]></description>
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