RamaMay 26, 2019Daughters of the DesertInnocence is the weakest defense. Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, I didn’t do it. Guilt has a thousan...
RamaApr 14, 2019Chameleons"At the end of the day, it isn't where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I'm going and never have been before." ~ Warsan Shire Home. W...
RamaApr 1, 2019Being a Woman of Color in the Age of Hip-Hop“It's hard not to feel humorless, as a woman and a feminist, to recognize misogyny in so many forms, some great and some small, and know ...
RamaMar 17, 2019Free Will: Do We Have it?“Verily, you (O Muhammad) guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He knows best those who are the guided.” Quran 28:...
RamaMar 9, 2019This is For Asha and all the Ashas of the WorldAbout two weeks ago, a young girl named Asha—12 years old—was killed after she was beaten and gang-raped in Somalia. Once I heard gang-ra...
RamaFeb 19, 2019Not Mentally Insane, Mentally Brave“Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence—whether much that is...
RamaFeb 14, 2019Does Allah Hate Women?It was narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that women will form the majority of the people of Hell. It w...
RamaFeb 10, 2019I am in LoveSo, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able become whom one had planned to be." ~From Night Train to Lisbon by...
RamaFeb 3, 2019Beware of Blood-Sucking African ParentsI am so frustrated with African parents that sometimes I find it hard to not go off on them. I am not exaggerating when I say this but th...
RamaJan 28, 2019How I was Recruited to be a Sister WifeFor anyone who doesn't know the meaning of sister wives, here it is: they are any number of women who are married to the same man in a po...
RamaJan 27, 2019Geocentrism and Hero Worship in Islam"First, let's say that we go from here to Sharjah Airport and take a plane to China Are you with me? Concentrate now. Let's say that this...
RamaJan 21, 2019Lunar Eclipse TonightTonight in North America we are having a lunar eclipse and I am so bumped out that I can't go. Why can't I go? Well, 1) I'm coming down w...
RamaJan 19, 2019Sex Positions in IslamReader Discretion is Advised! The following post contains explicit language! To understand this post, please watch the video first. It wi...
RamaJan 12, 2019Guumays: Spinster or Owl?Welcome back Readers of Rama blog! "The way she told it, the English counties are littered with aging spinsters, who accidentally display...
RamaJan 12, 2019Skinny DippingWelcome back Rama Blog Readers! Once upon a time there were two girls who traveled from place to place with their families. They were nom...
RamaJan 7, 2019WastemenSomali men are sitting in prisons across America. Some are abusing their wives. Others are wasting their money on khat in Europe and Afri...
RamaJan 5, 2019InkaarInkaar is Somali word that does not have an English counterpart. However, there are two words that make up the meaning of inkaar. One is ...
RamaJan 3, 2019I Can do Bad all by MyselfI grew up in a strict household. I was raised by an extremely religious mother. As a child of post civil war Somalia, religion became ver...
RamaDec 30, 2018PubertyLet’s talk about puberty in an African, specifically, Somali household. It's one of the things that parents will not discuss with you bec...