About
Muslimah = A female Muslim.
Salaams (Peace). I’m Sarah.
I grew up in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and completed my undergraduate studies in social sciences and literature at LUMS in Lahore, Pakistan. I can’t get enough of school: having recently completed a certificate in publishing, I am now studying for a Master of Information degree at the University of Toronto. I’ve been observing, absorbing, skirting, and circling around the written word for as long as I can remember, and I cannot imagine leading an existence of any other kind.
This blog is on faith and books in strange times. It’s is not about being Muslim per say, or being a reader or writer or eReading enthusiast per say. It’s a concoction of all those things. And given how the acts of reading, writing, and being a Muslim are all undergoing radical transformations in today’s world, I aspire to give a humanistic perspective on the Muslim readerly and writerly experiences. This goal is rooted in the idea that just like one cannot help but believe and have faith, one cannot help but be driven by the urge to create, or to be a reader who is blissfully lost in the world of ideas.
So this blog sets out to explore the terrain where faith, reading, and writing intersect.
Enjoy, and read and write good things.
Hello again Sarah,
I enjoyed our chat and coffee/tea the other morning.
I have read a few of your blogs and they are quite interesting..
I hope we can meet again in the near future for another chat face to face.
Is it too early to wish you “Ramadan Saleem” ?? Did I get that correct??
Roger
Salam Sarah,
How are you? I just discovered your blog and thought I’d drop in and say hi
It’s been a long time since our days of working on fun little projects with Marta :p Congrats on the job and hope you are loving life in Toronto 
Allah Hafiz
Salam, I’ve awarded the ‘Liebster Blog’ award to you on my blog
Please do check it out.
http://knida.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/never-look-a-gift-award-in-the-mouth/
Thank you so much, Nida!
Salaams –
This is the first time I’ve come to your blog but after reading the piece on duaas and on friendship I’ve felt for the first time that someone has managed to write what I’ve always felt. And then, imagine my surprise when I proceed to the About page and find myself face to face with another desi raised partly in Saudi! I don’t make it a habit of writing comments on blogs but I just wanted to say hi. I started a blog too once but didn’t get anywhere with it. Here’s hoping you keep on writing…because your words speak what so many of us think but can’t express. Thank you.
Wsalaam,
Thank you so much for your kind words; there’s not much more you can say to make a blogger happier. And yes, I think cultural confusion can lead to a lot of introspection
I found your blog from a link below your article on maya khan in altmuslimah and i find it beautifully, invigoratingly refreshing. it’s usually been the case that if you’re deep and thoughtful and have an interesting say on society, you’re more often removed from religion or any kind of “higher purpose” tone in your writing, and if you’re the other way around, then chances are you’re not objective or “free thinking” enough in your thoughts – this is based on the limited reading of blogs that i’ve been reading online, but maybe i’ve just been looking in the wrong places. i love how you’ve managed to combine the two seamlessly. keep it up
all the best to you.
All the best to you too, Alina. I’m very grateful for your comment and compliment. And I hope the “seamless weaving” of which you speak increasingly becomes the norm rather than the exception!
Hello Sarah
I am Fahd of Saudi Arabia
I am very happy that you have achieved many goals in your life
I wish you happiness and success always
I hope that you can achieve all your goals
You are already singled out wonderful and worthy of appreciation
Accept greetings
Thank you so much for your comment, Fahd, and welcome