Shaila Kibria

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2008
Contact: Shaila Kibria or Hafsa Hasan
e: info@islamicreliefcanada.org
p: (905) 540.4722/ (905) 580.5237
 
Gaza Flood - Islamic Relief on-site

       Hamilton, ON –  The Islamic Relief emergency team is on-site where the rains have resulted in floods in Gaza. 350 to 400 families have been near the huge waste water pool. They have evacuated [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2008
Contact: Shaila Kibria or Hafsa Hasan
e: info@islamicreliefcanada.org
p: (905) 540.4722
 
Pakistan Earthquake - Islamic Relief on-site

       Hamilton, ON –  The Islamic Relief team have been deployed to the earthquake affected areas of Balochistan in order to assess the magnitude of the disaster and the immediate needs.
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the richter [...]

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As you know from previous blogs, my past year has been filled with losing in the provincial elections, divorce, being a single mom, a change of job, moving into my own place, juggling work, school and home life…..feeling miserable with all this….to top it off, I had to spend the whole past weekend moving my [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Written by Allison Buchan-Terrell
Aamer Trambu wasn’t interested in running. He didn’t love to exercise. But then he started running marathons. “At the end of a marathon, when you actually finish it, the feeling is so unbelievable,” Trambu said.  “The feeling you actually crossed every metre — every step you took [...]

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“Love, like truth and beauty, is concrete. Love is not fundamentally a sweet feeling; not, at heart, a matter of sentiment, attachment, or being “drawn toward.” Love is active, effective, a matter of making reciprocal and mutually beneficial relation with one’s friends and enemies.
Love creates righteousness, or justice, here on earth. To make love is [...]

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This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.
Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.  The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote.  [...]

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So, in some past posts I wrote about working out, jogging, being in shape…..and I also wrote about poverty, orphans, and injustice.  Then I met Aamer.  Aamer is this enthusiastic, energetic individual.  He met me at Ryerson when my company was sponsoring an event.  He especially caught my attention when his enthusiasm led to the desire to [...]

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I find that my best friendships have grown with a strong foundation of honesty.  I really, truly appreciate that. Even if being honest means upsetting the other party, I prefer that than over telling a white lie, or a real lie.   
 
 

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