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I got the Pfizer COVID Vaccine: Here’s why

by Zehra Farooq on March 28, 2021
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I got the Pfizer COVID vaccine and I thought I should share why I made the…

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Hina’s Powerful Story to promote Women Empowerment

by Zehra Farooq on March 8, 2021
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This post is in continuation of the blog I wrote celebrating Women’s Day. To read the…

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Selected Verses of the Holy Quran – A Series

by Zehra Farooq on December 22, 2020
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This is an introduction to a series of new posts that I will be sharing on…

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Coronavirus Quarantine – 10 Ways to Deal with it as a Graduate Student

by Zehra Farooq on March 17, 2020
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“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made…

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Disruptive, Negative and Damaging Thoughts

by Zehra Farooq on January 21, 2020
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I have been meaning to write about this for a while now and every time I…

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Ramadan – The Soulful Declutter Routine

by Zehra Farooq on May 9, 2019
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Time – How much do we really waste?

by Zehra Farooq on April 23, 2019
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We all go through that phase in our lives when we are filled with an insatiable…

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Aurat March: Why slogans derailed the movement

by Zehra Farooq on March 10, 2019
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Aurat March 2019 (women march) took place on 8th March, the day designated as International Women’s…

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Pep Talks in a Pub – with Walid Bakr

by Zehra Farooq on March 12, 2018
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The woman closed her eyes shut so hard it hurt and for the millionth time she…

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New Year Resolutions – 2018

by Zehra Farooq on February 19, 2018
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Ramadan is nearly upon us and in continuing my eff Ramadan is nearly upon us and in continuing my efforts to contribute spiritually, I have designed a customizable Ramadan Planner, the purpose of which is to allow the user to not only pre-plan their Ramadan Ibadaat but to also induce a measure of discipline. Swipe to see some pages of the planner I have added to give you an idea of what it looks like. It is an 80 page document that I have designed from scratch, and I will be gifting 30 printed, colored, and bound copies of this planner to the first 30 people who request it. It will be delivered to them free of cost, as a gesture of religious and spiritual inspiration. This is valid for people in Pakistan only. You can download a PDF of the planner by clicking on the link in my bio. The link will take you to my blog post which also enlists ways to use the planner. . . . #plannercommunity #planner #planneraddict #plannerd #planning #plannerlove #planners #ramadan #ramadan2021 #ramadandecor #ramadangifts #nerd
I got the Pfizer Covid Vaccine. Click the link in I got the Pfizer Covid Vaccine. Click the link in my bio to read why. . . #covid_19 #covidvacccine #covid #tulanecovid19 #tulanecovid19clinic #tulaneuniversity #pfizer #pfizervacine #igotvacinnated
Happy International Women’s Day!! I wrote a who Happy International Women’s Day!! I wrote a whole dedicated post to some miraculous women who are thriving and happy despite the grounding shackles of our society and I want to celebrate them. But not just them, every woman of every shape and size and color, everywhere in the world and not because of their marital status or the number of kids this time, but for everything else that they do. . Click the link in my bio to read. . Let’s celebrate all women!! . . #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #womenshistorymonth #happywomensday #femaleempowerment #womensupportwomen #internationalwomensday #choosetochallenge #womenofpakistan #women
“Vibes” are the matter between life and death! “Vibes” are the matter between life and death! Pay attention to the vibes!! . . Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier . . #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #beinspired #phd #phdlife #phdstudent #phdjourney #morningmotivation #morningvibes #morningroutine #timeforchange #coffee #colors #photography #lifestyleblogger #fulbrightscholar #tulane #economics #econgrad
I blame the weather!! . Translation: . I too desir I blame the weather!! . Translation: . I too desire to fly but I am afraid to do so. And even if I tried to fly, I would need to fight the winds. . . Thus, I keep my dreams only to my eyes. And I have locked my heart away. . . I have built high walls around my heart. Trespassers allowed no more . . Disclaimer: I don’t claim to know how sing! . . . #baari #singing #singingcover #singingvideos #music #idontclaimtobeasinger #mominamustehsan #baarisong #singersofinstagram #coldweather #econstudent #phdlife #phdstudent #phdjourney
Sharing this beautiful photo as an excuse to share Sharing this beautiful photo as an excuse to share one of my favourite quotes: . . Admirable, however, as the Paris of the present day appears to you, build up and put together again in imagination the Paris of the fifteenth century; look at the light through that surprising host of steeples, towers, and belfries; pour forth amid the immense city, break against the points of its islands, compress within the arches of the bridges, the current of the Seine, with its large patches of green and yellow, more changeable than a serpent's skin; define clearly the Gothic profile of this old Paris upon an horizon of azure, make its contour float in a wintry fog which clings to its innumerable chimneys; drown it in deep night, and observe the extraordinary play of darkness and light in this sombre labyrinth of buildings; throw into it a ray of moonlight, which shall show its faint outline and cause the huge heads of the towers to stand forth from amid the mist; or revert to that dark picture, touch up with shade the thousand acute angles of the spires and gables, and make them stand out, more jagged than a shark's jaw, upon the copper-coloured sky of evening. Now compare the two. . . Victor Hugo. “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” . #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturedesign #tulaneuniversity #tiltonhall #tulane #unilife #grad #gradschool #phd #phdlife #phdstudent #phdjourney #phdcandidate
SUNDAYS • • Sometimes I have loved the peacef SUNDAYS • • Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life. . . Marilynne Robinson . . #sundays #weekendvibes #weekend #phdstudent #phdstudentlife #stayingpositive #economics #econstudent #phdjourney #phdlife #phdjourney #phdcandidate #relax #lettinggo #fun #lifestyle
*At-home work space coming together slowly* . . I *At-home work space coming together slowly* . . I believe your atmosphere and your surroundings create a mind state for you. . . People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we feel and act, and on our health and intelligence. These places have an impact on our sense of self, our sense of safety, the kind of work we get done, the ways we interact with other people, even our ability to function as citizens in a democracy. In short, the places where we spend our time affect the people we are and can become. • • #phd #phdlife #phdstudent #phdstudentlife #phdjourney #phdstudentsofinstagram #phdlifestyle #economist #econstudent #economics #gradschool #gradstudent #gradschoollife #economicstudent #studygram #studymotivation #workspacedesign
“It isn't enough to hope . It isn't enough to dr “It isn't enough to hope . It isn't enough to dream . It isn't enough to plot & plan & scheme . It isn't enough to stand here . Saying that life is grand here . Waiting for somehting good to turn up . It isn't enough to sit here . Having a purple fit here . Worried to death the world will burn up . . . Watching episodes of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in between endless sets of studying. Cross off all those little notes, I shall. #exam #examstress #examweek #prelims #econcomps #comps #compseason #phd #gradschool #gradlife

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