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Daily writing promptDo you remember life before the internet?View all responses I’m not old enough to write about life before the internet. By January 1, 1983, I was nowhere on the face of the earth. I imagine my parents to have been young, unmarried, and maybe not planning to marry. I don’t know the kind of thoughts they had, the life they wanted for themselves, or even if they knew something…

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You for them

Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind. People forget you and remember themselves. Most times, they’ll choose themselves over you, even if they are to choose you. I don’t know if people choose others. But some do. Some do because it’s what they are good at. It’s what they are used to; forgetting themselves. The world would be a better place if people choose others. It’s the most…

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Light upon Light: The Quran

Daily writing promptWhat book could you read over and over again?View all responses All the books that I’ve read, and I’ve read many, none compare with the Quran. None is worthy of a second read, a third, or a tenth except the Quran. Literature as a discipline has had me read all sorts of books: novels, plays, essays, biographies, Bibles, and comic books. To be a literati means to drink, chew,…

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Bikes, Forever

Daily writing promptYou’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? View all responses I’ve always been loyal to myself, my likes and dislikes. And to people too. My loyalty is old school; it never changes with convenience. It never falters. It’s just is. And with this, my loyalty is to bikes. In my childhood, I was fascinated with bikes. Bicycles, to be exact. I…

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Small and Tight

A small, tight circle is better than a big, loose one. This sounds like a primary school debate and yes, I’ve had this debate with myself since primary. It’s one of the few debates that have stayed with me, stubbornly, and sneaking into my conversations here and there whenever I have them. Naturally, I’m inclined to solitude, a few crowds; if one or two people qualify to be called a crowd. I…

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Lies and Liars

Daily writing promptWhat personality trait in people raises a red flag with you?View all responses Is lying a personality trait? If it is, this raises a red flag with me. All of the times I can say. It’s easy to speak the truth, to be honest, and to live by the truth. It’s difficult to lie: you have to always remember your lie, and you always have to believe your lie. Unfortunately, sometimes,…

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Mwisho wa Reli

Daily writing promptShare a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.View all responses Seventeen hours sitting in a bus, 871 kilometers—that’s the furthest I’ve traveled from home. I’ve not added the 56 kilometers from my hometown because I never counted them as the rail journey. I come from a little town on the coast of Kenya, the time that boasts the longest and deepest bridge…

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Not so Typical

Daily writing promptWas today typical?View all responses Today wasn’t typical. I was a day of it’s own. I don’t believe in typical days. Every day is a new slate. Maybe just a common name, the same sun, the same workplace I’ve walked to for two years now, and a different me. Just like a different me, its always a different day. For a day to be typical, everything has to be the same. And…

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Mecca

Daily writing promptIf you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?View all responses Two free plane tickets? Tarataratara…. I would go to Mecca, the first destination. I have a reverence for the holy city. I would go to see the Ka’ba, to visit the tomb of prophet Muhammad S.A.W, drink the water of Zamzam, and pray on the blessed land. How beautiful it is to visit the holy city! If…

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Vacation 1

Describe your most memorable vacation. I wanted to experience one and when it came, I enjoyed it fully. Yester year around July, we went on a work vacation. I never had one before. The week before it went slower. The clock stopped a couple of times. I think my anticipation of what was to come went overboard. Luckily, it didn’t kill me. We checked in at Mtwapa for the one week vacation. Mj…

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A romantic

What’s your definition of romantic? I’d say is someone who is passionate on everything they care about. Like,  they give undivided attention and passion to whatever. They are always in favour of everything they care about.

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My religion

Daily writing promptDo you practice religion?View all responses My religion is Islam. Alhamdhulilah. I practice Islam, and there’s no other religion I’d choose apart from Islam. I love Jesus. In Islam, we call him Issa (A.S.). He is one of the prophets of Allah who came before Prophet Muhammad (SAW). I love other humans the same way I love myself. As a Muslim, it’s my duty to let everyone…

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How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Frequently. I have learnt to say no to everything which interferes with the peace of my mind. I come from a place of saying yes to everything. And damn, that version of me suck. It’s a kind of freedom to choose to say no when you mean it. It really is.

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Daily writing promptWhat activities do you lose yourself in?View all responses I lose myself in reading, writing, and thinking. Recently, Ive been losing myself in coding. It’s interesting.

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#BetterEveryday #BetterVersion

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What is the last thing you learned? That Hitler acted out of a natural urge to conquer, the same way we act out of the same urge. The ideology that we are better than others is the same ideology that Hitler embodied and convinced Nazi Germany that the Aryan race was better than the Jews. Don’t we feel the same way, in a different way? Don’t we  compare ourselves to the next guy, or colleague,…

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What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. “Who are you?” I hate this question with passion. I end up hating the person who asks this question. And sometimes that person is myself. This question asks justification. It’s like you have to justify yourself, your being, your existence. It’s like saying you aren’t enough,  so you have to explain why you should be perceived as enough, why…