06/17/2021
The past few weeks have been incredibly taxing. As a visibly Muslim woman I am tired. I am scared. I am worried for my safety, my family safety, my sanity. My identity.
Watching hundreds of Indigenous children being found at residential prisons across Canada, watching the plight and struggle of the Palestinian people being largely ignored by the global village, watching the violent hate crimes that the Muslim community in Canada is repeatedly told to absorb, is exhausting.
But in the same breath, I am unapologetically Muslim, I will not cower to other people’s Islamaphobia. I will not bend and mould myself to what people want me to be. And absolutely refuse to change myself to be more palatable to the white gaze.
This pandemic has taken so much from us and I, like many others, am taking this summer to grieve what I’ve lost in these past 18 months. I’m logging off to unwind and rejuvenate. I pray that these coming summer months are filled with healing and centering.
Stay tuned for September when we’re back and better.
Also throughout the summer I will be pushing stuff to clearance, so keep an eye out for mega discounts.
With all my love and duas,
Uzma 🤎
