A Writer’s Visit to Author’s Ridge
A recent trip I took to New England to enjoy the Maine seacoast and eat lobster roll also included a
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Yasmina Reality
Writer, Speaker, Cross-Cultural Voice
Yasmina Reality
Writer, Speaker, Cross-Cultural Voice
personal stories
Local Afghanistan refugee hopes to finish dental school after adjusting to new life in United States
I am gladly re-sharing this story by Brie Isom, a wonderful journalist who spoke with an Afghan refugee with dreams
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There was No Place for a Muslim Journalist in 1980s America
I shared this piece at the Daily Kos: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/17/1912291/-There-was-No-Place-for-a-Muslim-Journalist-in-1980s-America?_=2020-01-17T15:56:33.864-08:00 I was a Muslim American kid of the seventies with a
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Good Bye, 2016
I’m not one of those people that would lump an entire year into a negative label and dramatically welcome in
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I am a mom now, dear friend. And I am lobbying for your heart.
I welcome guest bloggers here at yasminareality.com. I am honored to have a dear friend, a Muslim sister named Rula
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I’m a Pomak. (What’s That?)
My Muslim heritage goes back to the Ottoman empire when Islam spread into the Balkans. My paternal ancestry is Bulgarian
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Happy Ramadan 2016
Ramadan Kareem! May this blessed month provide you with spiritual revival and depth, success in your spiritual journey and the
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Muhammad Ali – Legend
Allah has taken our brother, Muhammad Ali, back home to Him. inna lilahi wa inna ilahi raji un. To God
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As My Firstborn Graduates
When I was pregnant for the first time, I couldn’t believe a baby would be in my arms at the
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Our Story in Daily Sabah, Turkey’s English Newspaper
Honored to cover this feature story with Sadaf Syed for Turkey’s Daily Sabah. We visited Fatima in Lombard, IL and
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