Photo Credit: [https://www.facebook.com/mevlana] I have seen him through the depth of my thoughts I have felt him in the joy of my heart I have known him before I knew myself I am him in every single way I choose to belong to nothing but him And he surrounds me in everything I inhale his presence I exhale his love I rejoice with...
We at Sughar have won, big time! In a way where winning is defined in a much more victorious way and where winning means: Standing surrounded by the support of thousands of people who come from very diverse geographical, cultural and social backgrounds, with diverse languages, faith and traditions! We cant thank you enough for the huge support and love that was extended to...
My friend Laila was only 10 when I knew her, she was a year older then me at that time but fortunately still allowed to come play with us in the sun and outside of our home. We would go out everyday after we are done from reading our Siparas (Holy Quran) and we would meet outside near the old railway line on the...
Brand Award
From a Small Village in Pakistan to San Diego in America! - Sughar for International Brand Award!
Saturday, May 05, 2012 Sughar has a big goal, A goal to create a society where women are not killed for Honor but are honored and given equal status....To reach this goal we at Sughar have been struggling from years to find the right track, the right strategy and that right moment to directly connect with the tribal traditions which we were intending to change! Eventually we...
This is beautiful, I just felt like sharing it here~ A NYC Taxi driver wrote:I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door...
In my life I have come accross people whom I learnt a lot from, whether we became friends, or remained strangers, through some talk their or certain words or even some gestures I learnt things that I otherwise couldnt have learnt, like a lady I met three days ago, some random stranger on the road, I asked her the address to somewhere I wanted to go, she was going the same way and asked me to join her in the walk.
We talked, we shared, we learnt, we laughed, we spent 10 minutes together walking until it was time for us to turn our ways, before we left we looked at each other and instead of shaking hands we chose to give each other a hug, because in those moments we had connected, we had shared some minutes in our lives together and in those minutes we had given each other space to express being their ownselves to someone totally stranger to them, and there is nothing more human then that. After our warm hug we went on our ways smiling snd beaming while my heart leapt with joy for the love that still exists in this world, I quickly wrote down the following and dedicate it to all of you (and those I couldnt tag), becasue at some points in my life, I have learnt a LOT from you as well about being human-KIND~
Human-"Kind"
I don't care what century I am in,
I don't care what year this is
and I don't care about the time in this moment...
What I only care about, in this moment is,
how I FEEL
and how I make OTHERS feel
because this very moment
is a test to see NOT how I live,
but how I CHOOSE to live
and I choose the life of friendship
I choose the language of love
I choose the days of peace
I choose the nights of freedom
I choose the path of care
I choose the destination of empathy
I choose to celebrate being human
Because I choose to be "human"-"kind" ~
I am constantly at peace, although work still surrounds like it always did...but that was then and now is something else. A lot has passed, a lot has happened but one thing that hasn’t changed throughout the past 7 years is the burning desire within me to fight. My modes of fighting have changed, I have learnt to strategize and more importantly I...
Post for the Girls Fight Back: http://www.girlsfightback.com/tag/khalida-brohi/ Last year in summer I was in Boulder, Colorado for the Unreasonable Institute, a ten week institute also called a crash course for social entrepreneurs. For the initial weeks I was still trying to get over my cultural-shock + anxiety and confusion of being away from my home, away in America! The name of this country sometimes...
We at Sughar Women Program work in tribal and rural areas of Pakistan and where amazing and inspiring stories from women each day become the reason for our continuations struggle and enthusiasm. We bring you another yet story from a small village and invite you to taste the happiness and pride that comes along with it! The road that leads to this village...
White Rice and Lentils
"the only way out - is the way in" ~ In search of peace
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Peace falls like the leaves of autumn
bright, beautiful but weak...
Peace trickles down like the last drop of water
and the thirsty eyes only see
the trace of wetness
on the dried land
Are we talking peace?
How long will it go
Because my wait tells me
My knees cant hold
My faith might change its mind
and my willpower then might wander in the dark nights
of a lonely desert
following a caravan which only leaves behind dust.. memories and nothing
Peace once flourished on this land
I can see traces here and there
Some tell me bits of it remained
in the hearts
yours and mine
But its been long
long since I listened truly to my heart
and each time the wind blew upon the barren land
dirt covered the traces of peace in my heart
Until one day
there was only piles
of nothingness
My eyes when search around the corners of this world
to find
peace
they never know, that it was
once buried deep down
in the once alive rivers of my heart
and the only way out now
is the way in
.....and to begin
peace within ~
bright, beautiful but weak...
Peace trickles down like the last drop of water
and the thirsty eyes only see
the trace of wetness
on the dried land
Are we talking peace?
How long will it go
Because my wait tells me
My knees cant hold
My faith might change its mind
and my willpower then might wander in the dark nights
of a lonely desert
following a caravan which only leaves behind dust.. memories and nothing
Peace once flourished on this land
I can see traces here and there
Some tell me bits of it remained
in the hearts
yours and mine
But its been long
long since I listened truly to my heart
and each time the wind blew upon the barren land
dirt covered the traces of peace in my heart
Until one day
there was only piles
of nothingness
My eyes when search around the corners of this world
to find
peace
they never know, that it was
once buried deep down
in the once alive rivers of my heart
and the only way out now
is the way in
.....and to begin
peace within ~