my uncle told me before there were cells and wifi he used to straight up look at the yellow pages of every city he visited and pick the first somali name he saw, call them up, and they would show him around all day no questions asked
chadwick boseman looks like he’d build our children a treehouse, lay consistent pipe everynight and hide love letters all over the house to show his appreciation for me
This eid is tough one, praying for those we have lost and those who continue to resist systems of oppression. freedom, protection and liberation for us all 🌹
i can’t explain it but jennifer coolidge has this eclectic somali great aunt that’s never had children and spends her time flying from saudi arabia to dubai to xamar to the dmv and owns a jewelry store vibe to her
someone write an article about the practice of passing on gold jewlery to your daughters in somali culture. we’re adorned with gold as soon as we pop out the womb, many of our mamas invest in gold too
I hope all of our duas are accepted on Laylat-al Qadr and I pray for all the lives lost during this long, torturous year. May this next year bring us ease and comfort🤎
thinking about Audre Lorde’s questionnaire to oneself a lot more recently especially “What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?”
actually what’s getting me most about this is his cadence 😭 the way his hands are moving, touching his temples, its giving hot uncle conversing with the pals
we truly underestimate the power of in person chemistry you can’t have the same flow of conversation over a phone, you can’t take hours to respond to someone irl
Inna lillahi wa ina ilayhi raji’un. My beloved grandmother, who I share a deep bond with, passed away last night. May Allah grant her Jannatul Firdaus.
Please keep her and my mother’s family in your duas.
Malcom x’s relentless, militant dedication to creating a better world for us, for black people, for the liberating the oppressed- the deep love he carried for us is something that still gives me hope that a new world is possible
It’s called a no makeup makeup lewk! 💁🏿♀️ I’m back with a new tutorial showin’ y’all how to keep it
#FENTYFACEFRESH
with my new
@fentybeauty
Cheeks Out Cream Blush & Cream Bronzer. Head to to see the full ting 😘
dreaming of an affordable neighbourhood that is also walkable to work and a grocery store with good resturants and a community garden, community centre. walking paths etc etc