Too much.

It’s just too much to keep posting about every horrible thing going on in the world. I get it. The entire world is a mess. I just decided that the only way I think of the word “supreme” is not entirely about the Supreme Court but about pizza. I don’t like supreme pizza cuz it has toppings I either can’t have or don’t like. That pretty much sums up me trying not to throw up because of the recent announcement. Then there’s SARS. People dying. Muslim people dying all over the world whether it’s Nigeria or Pakistan or anywhere else. Then there’s covid. I can’t freaking breathe anymore so I have to write out my thoughts. I just saw a challenge on Facebook about loving the Prophet (pbuh) because of what just happened in France. It’s just too much. I wasn’t going to post anything, but for that I had to. I wanted to just focus on my recent hike, but in my world that’s not a possibility. I have to speak up when there is an injustice. My prophet told me to. It’s not enough to say thoughts and prayers. I’m already freaking out about elections next week. I don’t know who I can talk to about this anymore. I had to say something regarding France. I can’t sit back and say nothing when people are defaming my prophet. I feel sick. I posted a pic of the last time I was in Medina. The most peaceful place in the world. I’ll post it here too.

Who am I?

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This is the reason I’m obsessed with Riz. The question where are you from seems simple but gives the most complicated answer. I need a map to explain where I’m from because saying I’m from a city in the states is never enough. Talking about misconceptions and stereotypes is like assuming I don’t have anxiety, I get asked where I’m from on a daily basis. I’m reading a wwii book for book club and one of the discussion questions is about what it would be like if say a Christian person were to help save the life of a Muslim in wars nowadays and I am telling you I am wondering what the book club members will actually say when they act like they don’t know I’m Muslim when I’ve said it repeatedly. It’s exhausting how clueless people act. I’m debating about how sometimes I don’t tell people my entire life story and sometimes I think I should explain, but then I’m like why should I have to and even if I do explain it’s not like anyone will listen. They’ll still think I don’t eat meat when I do. I’m not an Indian Hindu. It took me long enough to make sense of my identity. This is why I like Riz.

Dilemma

Ok I feel like I either have friends who don’t watch the tv shows I do or don’t understand important impacts in certain points in history.

So I’ve been watching the new season of Doctor Who. First of all I love it. I love Jodie’s character. I think she’s bringing a lot to the character and showing that a Woman can do it.

What I also find interesting is that this season seems to be touching a lot about history and social justice past and present. The last couple episodes really stuck out to me because I love history. One was on Rosa Parks which I thought was AMAZING. I wished they did talk more about the history a bit more, but I understand it’s an hour long show and a lot to cover. I think it was done very well. That episode and today’s episode made me think about what it must be like for the actors to relive certain times in history.

This season the doctor has 3 companions, a gentleman that plays the step-granddad of a black young adult, and a character that’s a Pakistani Muslim. I only wonder what the young guy was thinking when they shot the Rosa Parks episode because that’s such a huge part of African-American history or as I like to call it American history. It was such a turning point in our history and I wonder how filming that affected this guy or what he thought about it.

I wonder that because today’s episode really hit close to home. It hit close to home and I feel like I have no one to talk to about it. Therein lies my title for today’s post, “Dilemma”. I’m sure the Rosa Parks episode hit close to home for him as today’s episode did for me. Today’s episode was on the Partition. For those of you who don’t know, I’m referring to the Partition of India & Pakistan basically the creation of the two separate countries. For British audiences, I’m not sure how much of either episodes are covered in history classes, but I can tell you for a fact in American schools we do learn about Rosa Parks, but almost nothing about the partition.

My dilemma lies in that either most of the people I know don’t watch Doctor Who or don’t know anything about the partition like the people who either lived it or grew up hearing about it because it’s so ingrained in our heritage. Again, I understand the show touched on it as much as it could because it’s an hour long show and the partition was a Big deal and can’t be covered in its entirety. The show mainly focused on love knowing no boundaries as a Hindu wanted to marry a Muslim, but couldn’t because their faiths and now their borders wouldn’t allow it. The Hindu character ended up dying, they could’ve touched a little more on how people died on both sides, or maybe they did and I missed it. They did talk about how thousands died and were displaced during the partition and had a moment of respect for them. In all, I personally thought it was a really good episode and a very heavy one. I understand most shows have to have drama and make things all about love, I think this episode did a good job of at least trying to touch on the partition. I also found it kind of ironic that it’s a British show doing this and India & Pakistan got independence from the British 😂. Like they kinda just bashed the British for creating a split, even though it was deeper than that. I feel like the partition is hard to explain, but very deeply felt especially for those whose heritage it’s a part of. The character who was supposed to marry the Hindu was the Muslim, who was the grandma of the Pakistani companion of the Doctor. They went in time to see her story. The Muslim person eventually ended up in Lahore. I could definitely relate to the companion as she was going through it maybe not about the marriage love stuff, but definitely what it must be like going back in time to see that time period. My family is Pakistani and knowing about the partition was always read about growing up. I’m sure it is in Indian families as well. I’m still gathering my thoughts on this because like I said it was a heavy episode and really hit close to home. 🇵🇰 I hope the people who watched it at least learned a little something about history they were probably not familiar with at all. The partition is so very rarely discussed in history classes if at all. Thousands of people died for the creation of these two countries. People had to leave their homes. I’m really glad they did this episode. The other thing I liked about this episode is that they landed in Lahore and they made it look nice and not filled with what’s in the news today. They at least made an attempt to talk about the beauty of the heritage of my people. I’ll admit that before I watched the episode I had my reservations. The partition is a touchy subject and I wondered if I was going to get offended, thankfully I wasn’t. I’m glad I watched it and I’m glad this part of my history can possibly be talked about in Doctor Who circles. I’m proud of Doctor Who for doing an episode on the India Pakistan split.