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About me - Summayyah Sadiq-Ojibara

If I had to use one word to describe myself, I would say passion!

The great P word kind of sumarises the core essense of Summayyah. Passion is that light that pulses from the depth of my being and drives my beliefs, informs my aspirations, fuels my ambition,

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Children's stories: 4 of 396
The Slumber StirIt was all their fault! Malory sat at the back of the tools shed crying. Her family had caused it all, now look what has happened!Malory remembered the mocking laughter of her classmates and the small smile on her teacher's face and cried even harder. After some time, the tears stopped, and the sniffs and hicc... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Consequences: 1 of 41
MastermindedThe man held his breath, holding down the laughter struggling to escape as his daughter walked towards the door. This was his biggest yet, he could not wait to see how his family would take his death. Wellnot a real death, just another one of his many jokes!Old Jim Riley loved to play jokes on people. Getting smil... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Islam Why Islam?: 1 of 10
Why Islam?It is a question that has never once crossed my mind in over three decades of my existence and identity as a Muslim.However you might think this is a statement probably from another blinded bearded man or just a whisper from an enslaved oppressed woman professing a belief that was born, lives in the Eastern ages wit... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Relationships: 20 of 195
Nath stared stunned at the box his Aunt Lauren left him. Chocolates?!Seven years of servitude in the hands of The Cane'; three short thuds and a long grating scratch across the wall, dreaded drumbeats to his every waking and sleeping moments with his Aunt wielding the wooden stick and conducting the chorus of his life's sente... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Islam From a Muslim point of view: 1 of 9
From A Muslim's Point of View; Loves MattersSo does Money!Very often, most couples find out early in marriage that issues of money can make many loving moments turn sour and sometimes build up into real problems that eventually threaten the success of that marriage. Money is not seen as the commodity that it should be. It's f... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Islam Islam: Hijab in the work places: 1 of 9
I had the best news reports documented, my news reading footages were highly commended and I had very good references from knowledgeable and experienced professionals in the industry. Yet the final and most defining yardstick on my competence as a news reporter and TV presenter was my head covering; my Hijab!Needless to say t... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Inner struggles: 77 of 531
Dare I BeI cookI cleanI care for them allWhat is left of me for Me?I serveI submitI sacrificeHow else can I be but be?II amI am womanWhen do I get to be human? More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Faith: 43 of 277
Light of The AgesRaptures of Mirages in Hooded HeartsResounding through The AgesDeaden to the Call of the SagesAmassing heaps in Gory GloryAdornments of Hollow StoriesChoices of Gains of The NowNo Plans for Time in The After Unbelievable the Dawn of A MessageOneness of God Brotherhood of ManBourn by no Angel superbeing just a... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Islam Islam: Does hijab make me less beautiful?: 1 of 6
The issue of the Hijab; women's covering in Islaam, continues to annoy some, amaze many, mystify and in many cases exemplify the backwardness' and barbarism' of Islam.It also represents for many, the repression and oppression of the female gender in Islam. Perhaps, the Hijab could mean all these and more if viewed from a pers... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Chance happenings: 7 of 38
The HarvestShe started to run. It was early evening and Mama would be back home from the market any minute! Why had she allowed herself to stay for another round of 'Boju Boju'; Hide & Seek, at Ayoka's house? She soon reached the stream; nobody!Itunu had been coming to the stream since she was five years old, now she was thir... More..