Who am I?

Recently, we attended an interesting blogging workshop presented by Sheena Gates and were asked to describe who we are.

Well, let’s start with the physical me. I’m just about 1.5m tall (or short), have brown eyes and reddish brown hair (which more often than not you will not see as I wear a scarf). I wear a scarf because I am Muslim and am required to do so. Mind you this is no form of oppression and I have found the beauty in wearing my headscarf.

I can be seen to be very quiet or reserved, but make no mistake as dynamite comes in small packages. I love deep-thinking and often think I’m odd because of it, but in retrospect as the saying goes “I was born to stand out”. Whether I’m an outcast or seen as strange, I frankly don’t care. I live my life to enjoy it and not to impress. So I have my own sense of style (however plain that may be) and love being different.

Besides being different, I love being unpredictable. I have a secret need for speed and cannot wait to own a Honda CBR Fireblade; the roar of that engine has my heart racing. I also enjoy photography and seem to have a nack in taking beautiful images, if I may say so myself. I often assist my father in his wedding photography business. I am too, a slight feminist, especially for Muslim women; as I believe that the image of a Muslim woman as has unfortunately been misrepresented world-wide. I truly believe that I can be the voice to these women and share the beauty of what Islam is al about.

That, in a nutshell, is who I am.