In this episode we will be talking about curls; and more importantly how it connects with different identities. This conversation is a very personal one for me, because I have…
‘Shaima, are you okay – you do not look or seem like yourself’ they stated. ‘Shaima why did you stay?’ they asked me. ‘Shaima, what were you thinking – you…
Recently I would receive more than average comments of appreciation, addressing that ‘I have the courage to stay true to myself’. Do I? And what does that mean? What is…
One of my nicknames used to be Camiseta (meaning top or shirt in Spanish), because as a little girl I was not able to pronounce the word correctly. This made…
The first time a cashier at a London coffee shop asked me how far along I was, it took me a while to understand what she was talking about. Then…
We have all experienced that one time where there was an utter silence and feeling of awkwardness. A natural reaction could be that you may fill up that space by…