tasneem abdur rashid

You know how sometimes, life can be exhausting and sad and stressful and heavy… …and just rubbish? And then something happens and for a couple of glorious hours, your load is lightened and you experience utter and complete joy and fulfilment?

Yesterday was that for me ❤️

I had the honour of participating in a panel with some of my FAVE people on Instagram – @sofia_reading @readwithsamia@tasneimzyada @imr4na.m to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Luton’s renowned Dar Aminah Book Club. 

The conversation and room was full of love and laughter – we spoke about books (of course), the arts, faith, community … we ate delicious food, we prayed, we signed books, we got to watch @tasneimzyada perform hard-hitting spoken word poetry… AND we were given the most beautiful gift of olive trees being planted in our names in the West Bank.

Honestly – I don’t think I could have asked for more! 

A massive thanks to @imr4na.m for organising the night and inviting me to take part – it was an absolute privilege, and thank you to everyone who bought tickets and showed up and had a good time – we honestly didn’t want the night to end and literally had to be kicked out 🤣🤣❤️

Until next time, Luton town xoxo