Wej.A 🪷

I am a young Canadian/Libyan writer, and thinker shaped by my experiences navigating identity, faith, and resilience in the complex world we live in today. Born between two cultures and raised with deep faith, I have faced challenges that have tested my strength and taught me the power of vulnerability and meaning. Through my words, I seek to explore the complexities of belonging and the heavy weight of history both personal and collective that shapes who we are and the world we live in. My writing is driven by a passionate belief in justice, empathy, and the urgent need to give voice to those who are too often silenced or overlooked. I reflect on pain and struggle not to dwell in darkness, but to find hope, healing, and light. I write about my islamic faith as a source of strength and guidance through life’s hardest moments, and I explore love and kindness as a transformative force that can break through barriers and build bridges between people. I am committed to sharing stories that challenge stereotypes, highlight resilience, and inspire compassion within all people. This space is where I invite readers to join me on a journey toward greater understanding and connection. Together, we can imagine and work toward a world where every person feels safe, valued, and free to be their authentic self. I believe that through honest dialogue, empathy, and shared humanity, we can begin to heal old wounds and create a future rooted in kindness, justice, and hope.

The Pain Of Being Misunderstood

July 14, 2025•178 words

No one will ever truly know the kind of person I am deep beneath the smiles and quiet words. I am someone who needs to be held gently with softness and with love that asks for nothing back but to be understood. When I love I love without limits without hesitations without walls. I crave the full journey the ups and the downs the light and the storms because to love is to choose someone not just in their best but also in their breaking. But too often I feel like just an option a passing shadow...

Tommorow Is Not Promised, Stop Acting Like It Is! ; A Message For Us All

July 8, 2025•350 words

All of us, myself included, like to believe that tomorrow is guaranteed. We wake up and go about our lives as if time is something we control, as if we can hold onto it and stretch it as long as we please. But the truth is, tomorrow is never promised. It is not something we own or something we are owed. Life is fragile, unpredictable, and fleeting, and that is exactly why we must live each day with intention and meaning. We must love deeply and wholeheartedly, not just when it is convenient, bu...

The Debate On Whether Or Not Women Leaning Into Their "Feminine Energy" Makes Them Happier

July 8, 2025•781 words

There has been an ongoing debate about whether or not women leaning into their feminine side leads to greater happiness. This topic has sparked a lot of controversy among women. Some argue that promoting femininity reinforces harmful gender stereotypes that keep women confined to traditional roles. Others believe that embracing femininity is a powerful act of self-awareness that can bring emotional balance, mental clarity, and deeper personal fulfillment. Looking at this issue from a scientific...

Why It's So Important To Have A Soild And Meaningful ROUTINE!

July 6, 2025•763 words

ROUTINE! ROUTINE! ROUTINE! I cannot express enough how important it is for every individual to have a solid and meaningful daily routine. A routine that not only guides you through the hours of your day, but also fills you with a sense of purpose and leaves you feeling accomplished and fulfilled by the time your head hits the pillow at night. A routine that makes you excited to wake up and do it all over again the next day. Too often, when people hear the word "routine," they associate it with b...

How Experiences Shape Us

July 6, 2025•1,011 words

Experiences are an inseparable part of life. They shape us, mold us, break us, and rebuild us. They can create in us a sense of strength that withstands the harshest winds or leave us questioning who we truly are. Every moment we live, every joy we embrace, and every sorrow we endure contributes to the person we become. There is no escaping this. From the moment we enter this world, we are met with challenges and tests, and while some are harder than others, hardship does not discriminate. No on...

Being A North African Muslim Women In Canada

July 5, 2025•940 words

I first moved to Canada when I was four. I was really young and barely remembered much of my home country, Libya. What I do remember is that I didn’t know how to speak English, and I didn’t understand the “norms” of a white society, especially here in Alberta. Growing up, I always tried to fit in with the other kids. I went to a Catholic school for most of my education. While it never changed my beliefs about Islam and being Muslim, it did allow me to gain knowledge and better understand the sim...

The Concept Of Soulmates: From An Islamic Lens

July 5, 2025•195 words

“O humankind have consciousness of your Loving-Sustainer,[i]who created you from a single nafs(soul) and created from it her zawj (mate) and dispersed from both many men and women. And have God Consciousness, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Certainly, God is ever, over you, an Observer.” Quran 4:1 Surah An-Nisa How beautiful is it that Allah created us in pairs, out of one soul. A soul that was once split apart soon to find its way back to each other. The concept of soulma...

What Is A Goal?

June 23, 2025•359 words

My idea of a goal is something far deeper than just a dream or a desire. It is a commitment, a silent promise you make to yourself that no matter how hard things get, you won’t give up. A goal is something you carry with you every single day. It’s the reason you wake up in the morning with purpose, the reason you stay up late at night working when no one is watching. It becomes a part of you, something that lives in your mind and your heart, pushing you to keep going even when you feel like brea...

Air - Poem

June 6, 2025•47 words

Breathe, breathe hand on chest. Just breathe. Heart heavy, not knowing what to think. Just breathe. Sinking, drowning, hurting... but it's okay. Just breathe. Let the air take over your lungs. Let it fill you up. Take it in it's okay. Everything will be okay. Just breathe. ...

I love You

June 5, 2025•169 words

"I love you" a word so deep, a word that oftentimes doesn't come out of my mouth anymore. Not to anyone. But with you it feels different. When you look into my eyes and tell me you love me. It feels real. I hope it is. When I say it back know that I mean it with all my heart because for me love has always been hard, but with you its not. To love you feels easy and natural and I never want to stop loving you. I want to love all of you. The happy the broken the hurt the lost I want to love you bec...

A hug - Poem

June 5, 2025•316 words

Do you ever get that feeling like you need to let everything inside you spill out? Or like you just need to hug someone so tightly that the pain finally fades away? It’s hard… feeling like a burden. Even to the people who love you. Especially to the people who love you. But I don’t blame them. It’s not their fault. It’s mine. It’s me versus myself, my emotions, my insecurities. Some days, I look at my scars and remember the version of me that was so broken and hurt. But I healed. I did. Still,...

A Ticking Time Bomb - Poem

May 21, 2025•226 words

Every day feels like I’m living under the weight of something waiting to break like the air could shatter if I breathe too loud, like the ground beneath me is just pretending to be solid. There’s a ticking I can’t shut off. Not in my chest, not in my head. Like time is running out, but I don’t even know what I’m racing toward. People talk to me, laugh with me, but no one really sees. No one hears the way my thoughts scream when I lie awake at night, or how my heart folds in on itself when I fe...

Unsiad Words To Unknown People - Poem

May 13, 2025•307 words

I wonder if you ever heard my tears The tears that you caused. The pain you brought. The fear you planted in my heart. The feeling that I am not good enough, Because to you, I never am. My words were never right, My silence, somehow, worse. I could never win. I try, And I try, And try, Until I feel weak. Until my hands shake from holding on too long, To the hope that maybe one day, You’d see me. Really see me. The words you scream pierce through my soul Not just noise, but knives. They tear i...

A Soft Tone - Poem

May 8, 2025•187 words

In the quiet of the night, I hear a voice that’s not a whisper, but a spear. Not words of love, not hands to hold— but storms that rage, both sharp and cold. You were the roof above my head, yet thunder shook the floors instead. hands meant to protect became the ones I learned to dread. The bruises faded from my skin, but echoes stayed deep locked within. Each shout, each slap, each cruel demand still trembles through my trembling hands. I smiled at school, I played the part, but silence scre...

A Quote We Should All Remember

April 28, 2025•29 words

"Don't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something. Not even me. All right? If you have a dream, you have to protect it." Christopher Gardner ...

Little Bird - Poem

April 28, 2025•167 words

Does he remember her? The little bird, the one who once clung to his skies, the one who laughed only because he smiled, the one who thought his arms were the whole world. Does he remember her? Does he see her when he spreads his wings, when he towers, when he strikes? Does he see her flinch, small and broken beneath the weight of his storms? Does he know what he's done? Does he see that she cannot meet his gaze — not with wonder, not with trust, only with the heavy silence of a heart that has ...

A Reflection To My Future Self!

April 24, 2025•658 words

Note: I encourage all who read this to write to themselves. See the person you are now, the experiences you faced and let that be a reminder to your future self that you went through lots of hard times, but lots of good times too. Let it be a letter that reminds you of your dreams, your hopes and let it guide you into the person you hope to become. To my future self, By the time your eyes land on these words, I hope they feel like an embrace from the past—like a voice you almost forgot but al...

An Instict Of Motherhood - Reflection

April 24, 2025•753 words

Motherhood, something so beautiful. To create life. To bring life into this world. How beautiful is it to have the blessing to one day become a mother. To become a mother in a world where motherhood is often overlooked. Where often times it's hard, physically, and mentally. This instinct of motherhood feels so deeply rooted in me. The thought of loving the ones i bring into this world with my future partner makes me so happy. Happy because it is a blessing many do not get. A blessing to create...

What is Forgivness? ; A Strong Emotion For Many Of Us To Handle

April 24, 2025•531 words

Forgiveness, as I’ve come to understand, is not a singular act, but a series of silent conversations with ourselves. It is reliving the pain, not to dwell in it, but to understand its roots. It is choosing, day by day, to loosen the grip that memory holds around our hearts. But that choice does not come easy. In fact, it rarely comes without a battle — a war between the desire for peace and the instinct for protection. We are often told that forgiveness is strength, that it shows maturity, and ...

A Blessing In Disguise - Poem

April 20, 2025•252 words

I can’t believe how lucky I am— to have you in my life. Someone who truly sees me, who cares for me, who makes my heart laugh and turns my tears into giggles. You take my darkest nights and paint them in shades of dawn. Your smile— it brings light to the entire world. And when I look into your eyes, they sparkle like tiny stars in a beautiful night sky. I used to pray under heavy skies, asking for a sign, a soul who’d understand the way I break, the way I hope, the way I hold love like fragile...

A little Dream - Poem

April 20, 2025•332 words

I dream one day that I become the person I want to be. The person people can lean on when the world feels too heavy, When the silence in their chest is louder than any scream, When their smile cracks beneath the weight of everything they never said. I want to be the shoulder that holds them together, The hands that never shake when holding someone else's pain. The person people can talk to when they have no one else, Not because I have all the answers, But because I know how to listen without t...

A Stolen Childhood - Poem

April 17, 2025•465 words

I think about how I grew up so fast. Not because I wanted to—but because I had to. They said, "You’re so mature for your age," as if that was something to be proud of. But they never saw the cost of that maturity— how I traded lullabies for silence, toys for responsibilities, childhood dreams for adult worries before I even knew how to spell childhood. I have always been more than what I needed to be what I wanted to be. A child with grown-up expectations. A soft heart hardened by survival. The...

A Letter to the One Whose Eyes Sparkle Like Stars in the Midnight Sky

April 14, 2025•295 words

It’s strange, isn’t it? How you can fall for the same person more than once. I don’t know when exactly it happened—but somewhere between your laugh and the way you look at me like I matter, I fell for you all over again. And this time, deeper than before. There’s something about you that brings out a part of me I never knew existed. A softness. A fierceness. A desire to protect you from anything that could ever bring harm to your heart. If I could, I would wrap the world in safety just for you...

A Letter To The One Most Important To Me.

March 28, 2025•558 words

I think about how I can bring happiness to the one who fills my life with light. How I can return even a fraction of the joy and warmth you have given me. I wonder how I can make your days softer, your burdens lighter, and your heart as carefree as it was in childhood—when laughter was effortless, and worries were fleeting. I want to be the reason your eyes sparkle with excitement, the reason your soul feels at peace, the reason you find comfort in the simplest of moments. I think about the fir...

Feminism: How It Wrecked The Emotions Of Men Creating a Hierarchy Rather Then Change

March 26, 2025•611 words

Often we hear that men should not cry, or that men do not feel, and if they do, they must hide those emotions. Something so wrecking to an individual's way of thinking. If you cry, you're weak. If you're angry, you're violent. If you treat women right, you're a suck-up. If you're secure and strong, you have too big of an ego, but if you feel self-doubt, you're insecure and worthless. If you work out too much, then you're trying too hard, but if you don't work out enough, then you're not a "man...

A Best Friend Like Her...

March 25, 2025•330 words

To My Best Friend: To have a best friend like you is one of the greatest blessings I have been given. You are a light in my darkest moments, a hand reaching for mine when I feel like I am drowning. To be able to cry in your arms over the things that hurt the most in life is a gift so rare, so precious, that I will never take it for granted. You are the person who never turns away, no matter how broken I feel. The one who listens without judgment, who sees my flaws and loves me still. You are t...

The Power Of Two Words

March 25, 2025•267 words

One of the most powerful things in life is caring for each other. It is the unseen thread that binds souls together, the gentle force that turns ordinary moments into cherished memories. When you care about someone, truly care, it is not just in the grand gestures or the extravagant words—it is in the smallest acts of love that echo the loudest. Find someone you care deeply about. Maybe it’s a friend who has been feeling lost, a sibling who hides their struggles behind a smile, or a parent who ...

The Meaning Of Life, Through An Islamic Lens - Reflection

March 25, 2025•1,489 words

Disclaimer: I am not a scholar and I still have lots of learning to do myself, what is written below is what I have currently learned throughout my life being muslim, and although I was given the blessing to be born into a muslim family, I still have a long way to go to find the truth about islam that is not mixed in with culture and familial traditions. I want to make clear this writing piece is a simply baseline of Islam and I suggest checking out, Jannah Institute by Dr. Haifaa Younis, or Yaq...

A Grand Theft: Children and Disease

March 24, 2025•317 words

Walking into a children's hospital causes the most pain. To see children so young, so innocent and vulnerable being robbed of their childhood. Being robbed of the happiness of health. Something so many of us take for granted. I think to myself, what if that were me, in that same situation. Would I be able to have the same smile these children have on their face? The hope radiates through their words. The halls sing with a quiet sorrow, a lullaby of beeping machines, whispers of nurses, soft fo...

In The Eye Of A Storm ; A Poem for those whose own minds cause hurt

March 24, 2025•272 words

Our own minds are a curse, cursing the way we think, the way we feel, Maybe if we believed we could be loved, we would be, and maybe if we believed we were worth it, we would be, What if we turned off our minds? Would we feel the happiness we are seeking? Would we be able to love how we're meant to love? Would we be able to be loved how we dreamed to be? But how can we stop the storm that was self made, A tornado of fears, that eats us up. The echo of fears grows louder than ...