Talking about yourself is probably one of the most difficult tasks! You feel the need to exaggerate your strengths while putting yourself down in areas only you have noticed a weakness. I shall attempt to give a third person gloss over who I am, who I ought to be or who I ought to think I am.... If you understood that, then you are definitely in the right place!
My creative works and online presence is under the mystique of Aishah ARTivist. The first name being my own and the second being that of my soul. To be honest, there is nothing mysterious about it... I have recently completed my Law degree and in order to escape the traumas of Contract Law and Equity I have allowed myself to unleash the creative beast which was trapped between very large and unused textbooks!
I have written poetry since I could write, a few published as a child, most of them buried in diaries saturated in self love and emotion and some recently escaping the four walls of my chest through my very small spoken word ventures. I have decided to return to my writing ways and fill your screens with my ideas, internal conflicts and views on the world.
I have always maintained an interest in philosophy and finding the eternal truth, combined with an intense and unbreakable love of logic, hence the Mathematics and Further Mathematics I took for A-level. I also studied English Literature and History if you must ask. I would say my journey was very turbulent due to the undiagnosed chronic conditions harbouring within, leaving me with homeless symptoms and 'funky' medication which began as a child. Since then my health has been on a downward spiral, but the deterioration of the physical has had the opposite impact on the mental. I am so alive in my head and with my emotions it as though I have another colour spectrum. Resilience is brilliance!
I made a logical stipulation, a few years back, stating that either 'all religions are wrong or only one is correct'. After years of questioning, querying, reading and criticising, my search for the eternal truth ended in a a triumphant and smooth acceptance of Islam as the correct religion. I can happily say that starting to practice Islam was the best decision of my life! Every problem which before haunted me, became so small and trivial in the grand scheme of things. My worldview is different, I am much more content and have an inner peace in a world of outer chaos.
However, things have not been entirely 'dandy' considering all the negative press, islamophobia, terrorism and the ongoing wars and destruction in the Middle East. I was thrown into a whirlwind of scenarios knowing one thing, Islam is peace, love, respect and human dignity and it is my duty to convey this to whoever will listen.
That is probably the best way for me to describe how the artist in me met the activist I wanted to be. My goals with this blog are to share my genuine and honest thoughts on justice, but more so injustice, social constructs, the media and the human condition. I would absolutely love for you to read my ideas and to let me know what you think. I really hope you tag along for the ride and lets see where my heart takes us!
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