Dear Fatima, I am 20ish woman, living in an Islamic country…umm, what I am about to write is not about me, it is about my cousin. So.. she’s 16, has a lovely foster parents and an older foster brother . So basically she’s my foster cousin but I will go with just cousin. She was adopted by ... Read More
I need to stop being so suspicious of men in my assumptions that they’re going to hurt me. In my eyes, any man has the potential to be abusive, even the ones I trust wholeheartedly. I see it as only a matter of time before they snap, before they assault me, which makes me ache ... Read More
hey stb people, lemme just say a thing: when i found out this website existed, i cried. i cried because i, for once, felt that there might be people out there that can help and support me in my really problematic life :/ so yea i feel like this might be a little long, but ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m currently a 17-year-old senior girl in high school. I will be going to university in New York soon inshallah. The problem I am facing is that my father’s job may come to an end in two years and we’ll have to move back to my parents’ home country. I have lived in ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m a 19 year old girl unsure of what to do. One of my Muslim friends has been “dating” a boy younger than her. Let’s call the girl Aya and the boy Samer (fake names). First it was just talking. Then it got to the point where they were meeting up, and he ... Read More
Salaams Fatima, I am a 26 year old male medical student in the United States – raised here since I was about 2 years old. I have issues with feeling unappreciated and unwanted, and I feel inferior to other people. It begins with the fact that I have a stammer that makes it difficult for ... Read More
There was a girl when she was like 5 or 6, she was wronged by her neighbour who was so kind to her family.. his age was about her fathers age. For so many evenings or noon, he lured her to some quiet place sometimes in his house and did his disgusting thing to her . ... Read More
Dear Fatima, Hi. I’m currently 17 years old, almost 18. I come from a traditionally conservative Iranian family. When I was 15 years old, almost two years go, I became friends with a guy on my Cross Country team. I had been on the team with him the year before that, but we had never ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m so confused and feel stuck! I’ve been friends with this guy for a couple years now. We actually are just friends, but very much like best friends. He’s never tried getting physically close to me. I feel like he really cares about me and makes me feel like I am important. What ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m a female in my late 20s and Alhamdulillah, I’ve be blessed with a successful and financially stable career; however, when it comes to marriage and finding a spouse, I feel I’d like a man who sees himself as financially responsible for the family, where I’d be happy living in whatever means he ... Read More
