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Mindful Art: A Creative Pathway to Personal and Spiritual Growth
We often forget to pause and reflect. Our minds are constantly racing, thinking about what needs to be done next. But taking a step back...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Sep 11, 20242 min read
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The Hands of Time
Scrolling through Instagram and watching highlights of 2023 by many, I found myself deeply nostalgic and reflective of my own journey...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Dec 31, 20234 min read
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A Seasonal Approach
On a recent journey of exploring wellness and holistic changes, I have come across a concept of eating according to the seasonal stage of...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
May 2, 20233 min read
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Taking the day off...
It is my off day. Days I choose to do absolutely nothing. Unplugging from an overwhelmingly media frenzied society. Along with that, in...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
May 12, 20202 min read
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Moving towards change...
Lockdown! I hate this word. It denotes such negativity. It traps our minds and seeps into our very existence. It welcomes this automatic...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
May 5, 20202 min read
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One step, two step,… three
A year ago, I was busy with an intervention programme at a high school in Retreat, and the room I worked from, was the school library. I...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Jul 24, 20192 min read
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From darkness to light
The progression of the human being has always been a topic of interest to me. The very nature of mankind is a complexed creation. The...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Jun 10, 20193 min read
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The puzzle piece
My five-year-old son drops a thousand-piece puzzle on the floor one day and as we were picking up the pieces I found one that didn’t...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Mar 30, 20182 min read
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Poem: totally me ;)
In a world filled with naysayers and people trying to shove you sideways off one’s path, it’s important to remind oneself that we can...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Mar 2, 20181 min read
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Quote: me before you
It is often quite challenging to rectify ourselves and our flaws because it requires sacrifice, hard work and discipline, so we stand on...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Feb 8, 20181 min read
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Poem: Shades of my soul
You can choose to live by the definition someone else has of you, or you can choose to step outside of that little box you are in and...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Feb 1, 20181 min read
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Death taught me…
My cousin passed away yesterday. She was a cancer sufferer and was sick for an extensive period. My intention was to visit her yesterday...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Nov 1, 20173 min read
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Someone and No one
#Poetry #muslim #thought #growth #Belief #faith #change #Allah #pathtoselfdiscovery
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Sep 27, 20171 min read
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“Forgiveness is the best victory”
Trials, failure, forgiveness…this sometimes epitomizes the life of my teenage son and many others naturally. The world seems vastly...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Sep 11, 20174 min read
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I think….therefore I am
In the Name of Allāh, the most Beneficent, most Merciful May He guide us…. I give my writing a great deal of thought. I don’t feel a...
Zaitoon Ebrahim
Jul 25, 20173 min read
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