C’est La Vie
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C’est La Vie
Revive Your Relationship
Uma Fayra believes that marriages are a voyage that requires constant navigation from its two captains – your husband and you.
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C’est La Vie
Why Am I Here? Why Do I Exist?
The course of our life may not always follow a conventional path, writes Alayna Ahmad. All the more reason, then, to listen to your heart.
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C’est La Vie
The Rapture of Storytelling
In her screenwriting studies, Amal Awad is discovering more on why we love tapping into the experiences of others through stories.
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C’est La Vie
How to Deal with Rude People
Are queue jumpers your pet peeve? Do you have a friend who likes to pry on your personal life? Be silent no more with these...
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C’est La Vie
The Mirror Image: Putting Life in Perspective
We’re all due for a personal stocktake once in a while, but honest self-analysis can be highly rewarding, writes Amal Awad.
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C’est La Vie
My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
A humiliating run-in with bigoted security guards underlines the stubborn stain of racism and Islamophobia in America.
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C’est La Vie
Housework and the City: A Tale of Muslim Domestic Workers
Two Indonesian women recount the challenges they face in practising Islam in a way that is important to them while working with employers in Singapore
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C’est La Vie
Embracing Fear to Set Yourself Free
Amal Awad thinks we get in our own way too often, and says that embracing our fears can deliver unexpected and highly rewarding results.
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C’est La Vie
Life’s Faded Phases
Our occasionally silly phases in the past shape who we are today. Reflecting on her little sister’s choices, Maryam Yusof recalls her own teenage phases.
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C’est La Vie
Navigating Marriage After the ‘Happily Ever After’
Ameera Al Hakawati explains how she crosses the cultural divide and what she as an English girl did to make her marriage work.
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C’est La Vie
How the US Media Fuels Mistrust of Muslims
A look at the imbalance in American news coverage and its tendency to pin blame directly on Islam rather than examining other factors.
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C’est La Vie
On World Press Freedom Day
In celebration of World Press Freedom Day, Amal Awad reflects on her journalistic dreams and the changing face of the industry.
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C’est La Vie
Crossing Cultures, Building Bridges
Ameera Al Hakawati looks at some of the ‘courtship challenges’ of the lead-up to marrying someone from a different culture.
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C’est La Vie
On Being an ‘Ugly Duckling’
A tale of transformation as told by Afia R Fitriati. Because being your true best self is the secret to inner beauty.
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C’est La Vie
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C’est La Vie
Going to the ‘Dark Side’
Everyone has duality – the ‘acceptable’ side we show the world, and the shadow self, a seemingly dark, confronting part of us we’d rather ignore.
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C’est La Vie
From Hands-on Hobby to Creative Career
In her first of three guest articles, Rukaiya Bhegani shares how she turned her culinary pastime into a successful business.
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C’est La Vie
From Blog to Book: A Blogger’s Dream Comes True
Ameera Al Hakawati, author of Desperate in Dubai, takes us through her journey from an anonymous blogger to a published author.
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C’est La Vie
At Fashion Fighting Famine 2013
Back home in Florida after her California adventure, YazTheSpaz shares details of her trip to attend this year's Fashion Fighting Famine.