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Beautiful. All of it. MA.

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Thank you, Salma, and Ramadan Mubarak to you and your beautiful family!

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This was a fantastic peace, Ramadan Mubarak to you and your family. Thank you for sharing your writing and helping outsiders better understand and appreciate the beautiful religion of Islam.

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Thank you for your kind words and for reading! It means a lot to me.

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Loved this essay!! We need to hold the ugliness alongside the joy. I also love the metaphor of the veil between worlds. I’m at a spot where I can’t tell what’s the veil and what’s real. Also think it’s adorable that your husband shares your essays here and puts them in the context of our greatest poets. MASHALLAH!!

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Thank you, Sadia. That’s such an interesting and provocative question - I’d love to hear more of your thoughts on this! And I’ve been enjoying your writing so much. Am woefully behind on absolutely everything this Ramadan but have a number of yours saved to dive into, which I can’t wait to do! And yes, beyond grateful for Haroon, he’s a

good one, alhumdulillah. :)

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Love love love this piece. Thank you Samar.

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Thank you, Noha! And Ramadan Mubarak to you and yours!

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Ramadan Mubarak!

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