Salaam.

me trying not to make impulse purchases when i'm sad

“I love autumn” she told me. And since that day, I’ve been falling. 

— Kelwyn Sole, from “Near Brandvlei”

don’t be out here sharing your soul with everybody

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— Toni Morrison, Beloved

A young Sudanese woman leads a crowd in protest against President Omar al-Bashir. Khartoum, Sudan. ©Lana Haroun

 Her name is Alaa Salah, and she has been dubbed “Kandaka,” or Nubian Queen. She is an engineering and architecture student, 22 years old, and one of many women that are leading Sudanese protests against the president that has been in office for over 30 years. The protests are for a pro democracy movement aimed at ending the corrupt and tyrannical government. Also, this photo was taken April 9th, 2019.

Women. Are. Phenomenal.

Crazy Rich Asians (2018) dir. Jon M. Chu

Shout out to my Arabic teacher that looked at us yesterday mid-lesson and said, “I’m worried. You all look exhausted and depressed.”

Of course we were all like, “Oh yeah we’re dead inside, you haven’t noticed?”

And he snapped shut the textbook, threw up his hands and said, “That’s not healthy! No more vocab! Time for dancing!”

And he taught us a dance from Iraq and we danced instead of doing vocab. We didn’t stop dancing until he saw all of us laughing and was satisfied that we were all feeling better. It was perhaps the coolest, most kind-hearted thing I’ve ever seen a college instructor do.

أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمداً رسول الله

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

CHADWICK BOSEMAN 90th Academy Awards, Los Angeles | March 4, 2018

I don’t understand why books have shifted from having summaries on the back of the covers to having one-line reviews.

Seriously though. I want to know what the book is about. Not that someone from the Evening Standard thinks it’s a masterpiece. 

I have been waiting for this post my whole life.

The real glo up is when you stop waiting to turn into some perfect hypothetical version of yourself and consciously enjoy being who you are in the present moment.

This might be my favorite post hahaha

I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD YO BECAUSE DON’T THEY KNOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE???

honestly….white people, man. seriously? at some point its just feel sheer dumbfoundedness.