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This World (Dunya) is Nothing But A Beautiful Lie...💔💔📿

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  A few months before the new year commenced - 2024, the biggest tragedy of my life took place - an unexpected and sudden tragedy - my father's demise. It was  29th November 2023  when my father breathed his last. A healthy and very able individual unexpectedly just slipped away.  Since then, my outlook on life changed and so did my life. The value of this 'dunya' (world) lessened, and I began to appreciate things that have an everlasting impact (doing good & giving back in any way possible) instead of this 'dunya' gibberish. His death was a  huge  shock & still is ... Since that moment, 4 months have passed and during the month of  March 2024 (the month of Ramadan), another occurrence deeply touched me. The short yet inspiring story of a young brother known as 'Omar  Algaf' . He passed away at the young age of 22 due to a car crash incident. The story of his demise went viral on TikTok (how I found out) and a close family member attended ...

Goodbye 2020 ~ A Bizarre, Ambigous & Saddening Year!

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At the beginning of 2020, I was optimistic for it to be a happy, exciting and productive year. Instead, it began with slight sadness & tension but nothing too significant or life-changing. Yet again, it may have been a warning to what was to come & have a life-changing impact on everyone around the world. The first few months went exceptionally well for me - from January until mid-March: got a job at an office environment - journalism-related and attended numerous outings. 😁💪 But from then on life, started to take a turn for the worst & went downhill. It was an unexpected turn of events - very baffling for many, including myself. All this was due to a horrible & life-threatening virus knowns as Corona or Covid - 19.   Suddenly restrictions came in place in the UK and, everyone was anxious and concerned at the sudden & worrying situation. I was very annoyed that I could not do the things I would do daily, including going to the gym - an activity I'm very much f...