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L.A Baby! The State of Our Special Relationship

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I never did get the whole Star Wars hype. I don’t know my Darth Vador from my Space Invaders, (remember those? 10p Tuck Shop. 1997. Those were the days). The only Star Wars I’m interested in is the ongoing feud between Amy Childs and Katy Price on the front cover of Closer magazine. (Whenever I...

Books Vs. Looks

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We all have Facebook friends who are several Kardashians short of a sex tape, don’t we? You know the ones? They can’t spell or use punctuation. Then, as if by magic, they surprise you. Those very friends on Facebook, that can’t spell or use punctuation, suddenly become literate, eloquent, knowledgeable and succinct. If only for...

Amal Hu Akhbar

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Ask any Arab woman about Amal Clooney and they will beam with pride. ‘Amal hu Akhbar’, they rejoice! An intelligent, powerful and undeniably glamorous Arab women portrayed in the media. Finally! That bird from ancient Egypt who bagged our ‘Tone was getting kind of old. 8000 years old in fact. People say what kept Cleopatra...

NO SIMBA FEE

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News about the beloved Cecil the Lion getting brutally killed for sadistic sport by Walter Palmer has given us even more of a reason not to visit the dentist. But then again we are British, we went through a large proportion of the 20th century with bad teeth, so no biggie. The news also increased...

Timing is Everything: A Clockwork Orange

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I am so content right now in my life. So content, I am, with the new content on Netflix.  It comes with immense joy that the eagerly awaited third series of Orange Is The New Black is back and I’m literally the happiest I’ve ever been. Having been a massive ITV Bad Girls fan back...

Trans Jenner

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I just I love the new character on the latest series of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. She’s called Caitlyn. She spells her name, some might say, controversially with a ‘C’ and not with a ‘K’. This spelling is unconventional to the usually orchestrated Kardashian formula. Everybody knows it’s a prerequisite and obligatory to the...

Cast Your Votes

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Everyone should vote. Unless you’re the Queen or Russell Brand, who are both legally exempt. Russell, as we all know from that infamous Jeremy Paxman interview thinks voting is ‘futile and ultimately reinforcing the bourgeois by exploiting the working class, leading society to a complete lack of development, reinforcing the status quo thus leaving us...

Jobs Worth

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With today’s rocketing unemployment rate, Zayn Malik is a crazy dick for resigning from One Direction. So much of a crazy dick that he should change his name to Zany Phallic. Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past week you will know all about Zayn breaking millions of One Directioner’s hearts by terminating...

Wax Lyrical-Rip Advisor: The Ultimate Bikini Wax Guide

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As a Middle Eastern woman, its fair to say I’ve had my fair share of bikini waxes. In fact, I love getting a bikini wax, because when I get a bikini wax, not only do I lose hair but I also lose weight. As you can imagine this is every woman’s dream, after all looking...

Scarily American

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This year I decided to go as Renee Zellweger for Halloween. It was either that or Ebola.  My Renee costume was so good I was unrecognisable as myself.  It even topped the time, as an 8 year old kid in Saudi Arabia, I went as a Sand Witch. I like to draw inspiration from the...