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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

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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

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Time – How much do we really waste?

by Zehra Farooq on April 23, 2019
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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

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New Year Resolutions – 2018

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Instagram post 2274496617612919673_296048923 “You have to, take a deep breath. and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play allow the music to break your heart with its beauty.” – Kelly White Enjoy some old Pakistani music in my stories or if you are late then head to the music highlights. #music #pakistanioldsongs #oldsongs #soulmusic #soulmusiclovers #musicislife #song #songs #songedits #noorjehan #faridakhanum #nahidakhtar #madamnoorjahan #mehdihasan #ghazals #quarantine #quarantinelife #covid_19
Instagram post 2266958711822353853_296048923 This image makes me so sad 😞 “And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal. And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed. ~Kitty O'Meara'~ #earthishealing #earth #savetheplanet #planetearth #corona #covid_19 #coronavirus #webroketheearth #virus #quarantine #socialdistancing #staystrong #inspirationalquotes #positivevibes #positivity #pray
Instagram post 2264231527210884303_296048923 Maybe Mother Nature is telling us something with this new Virus— maybe she’s correcting course — telling us we are grounded for misbehaving— stock markets are fumbling, productivity is down, factories are closed, the air is clearing over China, flights are cancelled over the Atlantic, jet fuels are not destroying the atmosphere, politicians and lobbyists and the ruling elites of governments are sick and resting at home, we run less from ourselves and are forced to live in isolation with our families . . . Maybe what’s now called “social distancing” is an occasion for a moral retrieve— for what the mystics used to call “Khalvat”— contemplative solitude — a solitary confinement within our own souls — From what we know it is the older generation that is most vulnerable to this virus, people of my generation and older, those responsible for bringing the world to its current precipice— Today I’ll be teaching my first virtual class of my entire career — maybe that’s how it should be — give the world the virtual worth of what we are good for, what we know, and don’t much bother and harm it with our residual presence— By: Hamid Dabashi PC: Google #corona #coronavirüsü #coronavirus #covid #covid_19 #italy #emptystreets #contemplation #think #climatecrisis #climatechange #virus #pandemic #coronavirusitalianews
Instagram post 2260619853576898606_296048923 And how can I forget - Happy International Women’s Day to all beautiful, gorgeous and fierce ladies. #internationalwomensday #womensupportingwomen #womensday #internationalwomensday2020 #nikitagill #poetry
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Instagram post 2250303983785020030_296048923 “Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step. There’s no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That’s the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine. And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” – Haruki Murakami #inspiration #positivity #resilience #motivation #philosophy #kafka #harukimurakami #words #struggle #library #nerd #tulaneuniversity #photography
Instagram post 2244111567793090164_296048923 Lets fill some pages: “It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it’s not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!” It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.” ― Oriah Mountain Dreamer, The Invitation #writersofinstagram #writing #journaling #vintage
Instagram post 2215594524810855221_296048923 Prayers for Australia :( #australia #bushfires #helpaustralia #bushfiresaustralia #donateforaustralia #theearthisburning
Instagram post 2212598380446905293_296048923 For 2019 - I am only grateful, for that year was the rite of passage to take me where I want to go. And because it took me around the world and it found me new friends, another home. 2019 tested me on things I took for granted - it tested my survival skills ( bit dramatic I know), it tested my bonds, my strengthens, it definitely pulled on my weaknesses, it took me vast lands away from the people I love. And and and - it tested my claim of being a nerd. In 2019, I survived and evolved. Stronger, more resilient. Distance made my love stronger. It made me more grateful. More humble. Alhumdolillah for everything. And now, “For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning." Happy New Year to all. This year, I vow to be more grateful, more spiritual, more mindful. For this year, I pray that peace prevails throughout the world. That there is more justice, more acceptability and more faith - faith in humanity, faith in ourselves, in our purpose and in the higher power. Here is to a whole new year, a whole new world!!!! #2020 #newyearseve #newyear #resolutions #goals #tobiggerandbetterthings #thebestisyettocome #newyearsresolution #newyears #2020vision #inspiration #gasagasa #mural #muralart #neworleans #nolalife #positivevibes #positivity #photography
Instagram post 2190366880452528229_296048923 Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. #winter #winterevening #gymmotivation #gymlife #workout #workoutgear #lifestyle #lifestyleblogger #coral #instagood #inspirationalquotes #inspiration #positivevibes #positivity #motivationmonday #mondaymood

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