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  • #MindfulMondays: The 365 Day Challenge

    #MindfulMondays: The 365 Day Challenge

    Shukri Janagale is an educator, artist and entrepeneur who embarked on a 365 day art challenge in 2019. We had a chat about the challenges and obstacles she faced, the learning lessons she took away and how it can be applied to all of our lives.

    Qali Id

    January 20, 2020
    Uncategorized
    challenge, creative, habits, mindful, planning
  • The Concept of Virginity Needs to Disappear…Expeditiously

    The Concept of Virginity Needs to Disappear…Expeditiously

    Next week (12-14 Nov) is the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, which is the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development which was held in Cairo in the 90s, which brought together 179 governments to put together and action plan on how to “set out to empower women and girls for their sake, […]

    Qali Id

    November 7, 2019
    commentary
    human rights, hymen testing, sexual and reproductive health, sexual health, sgbv, t.i., virginity testing
  • Blackface x Lies: When Has The Black Person Ever Been Honoured?

    Blackface x Lies: When Has The Black Person Ever Been Honoured?

    Non-black people have more or less understood that the word Nigger is not for them to say because the history around the word is one of exploitation, oppression, murder, you can continue at your will. We have a couple of people here and there who get a bit too comfortable and thus utter the word […]

    Qali Id

    September 23, 2019
    commentary
    beauty, black life, blackface, fashion, justin trudeau, racism, slavery
  • Where the natural hair movement falls short.

    Where the natural hair movement falls short.

    It’s no secret that in the past 6 years or so there has been a shift in the hair care industry mainly brought on by people choosing to embrace their natural hair. All over social media there are perfectly curled and coiled influencers, companies that market bouncy, juicy manes, and many ordinary people choosing to […]

    Qali Id

    September 20, 2019
    commentary, self
    beauty, black hair, curly hair, h&m, hair, identity
  • Your Selfie Is Magic, Here’s Why You Need To Hang It Up

    Your Selfie Is Magic, Here’s Why You Need To Hang It Up

    Okay so before I begin, can we all agree that we all take selfies? It’s 2019, so I am making this sweeping generalisation because if my mother, who has no care for social media, takes photos of herself, I’m certain that most of us do too.

    Qali Id

    July 31, 2019
    beauty, photography
    amaal said, art, beauty, confidence, performance art, photography, self-worth, selfie, social media, teff theory, teju cole, tracee ellis ross
  • I Resigned To Spark More Joy In My Life

    I Resigned To Spark More Joy In My Life

    No, I don’t watch Marie Kondo but I support the concept of decluttering and removing the things that don’t bring you joy anymore. This could be some old friends collecting dust, your job that makes you work 7 days a week or even a rib or two to get that waistline snatched (I am joking, […]

    Qali Id

    June 26, 2019
    thoughts
    career, happiness, job, marie kondo, purpose, resign, resignation
  • Eid ul-Fitr 2019

    Eid ul-Fitr 2019

    Today people everywhere are celebrating the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan. One of the pillars of Islam is the observation of this month, so yes we celebrate and this includes great food and time with your closest people. But I would also like to add that you should also celebrate yourself, and the fact that you were able […]

    Qali Id

    June 5, 2019
    thoughts
    dua, eid, islam, muslim, myanmar, palestine, somalia, sudan, syria
  • We Are All Connected

    We Are All Connected

    The first time I heard Slow Up by Jacob Banks, of his debut album Village, I had goosebumps and I may have had a tear slowly roll down my right cheek. It is thought-provoking and it brings up all of these memories and emotions of people that you connect with and makes you want to just call them […]

    Qali Id

    April 16, 2019
    thoughts
    blogging, connection, denmark, empathy, faith, hate, humanity, islam, jacob banks, life, love, race
  • Hyphen: Shukri Janagale

    Hyphen: Shukri Janagale

    Qali Id

    April 4, 2019
    beauty, photography
    beauty, culture, fashion, magazine, people, photography, portrait, somalia, style, travel
  • 26: Being An Extraordinary Mess

    26: Being An Extraordinary Mess

    It was my birthday yesterday, I am officially 26 everybody and to be honest this is the first birthday where I feel different. It’s like I’ve unlocked something inside me in the past year and now, although I don’t know where I am going, I know who I am or at least I am owning […]

    Qali Id

    March 1, 2019
    thoughts
    advice, growth, inspiration, lessons, life, reflection, thoughts
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