South Africa’s Untold Success Story (Huffpost SA)

This story on the success of a Muslim minority in South Africa was originally published at the Huffington Post South Africa here:  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/2017/04/09/south-africas-untold-success-story-a-christians-nations-peac_a_22032852/ Religion, the one thing that has divided the rest of the world so starkly, has not done so here. This has perhaps been one of the most […]

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South Africans Married to Foreigners Face Hurdles (Huffpost SA)

This piece on the hurdles South Africans face when married to foreigners was originally published in Huffington Post South Africa here: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/2017/02/13/for-south-africans-married-to-foreigners-there-are-more-than-th_a_21713128/ “I never thought I would marry a foreigner, let alone live in a different country,” Sarona Reddy a 34-year-old law graduate from Durban, tells me over Skype from […]

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Ramadaan (Huffington Post Reflection)

Ramadaan is the anticipation of a restless month. Ramadaan is the empty feeling beneath my ribcage as I sit at my desk at work. Ramadaan is the creak in my knees as they hit the ground for a hundredth time as I supplicate myself to God. Ramadaan is the unbearable […]

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