by zaakirahnayyar | Nov 1, 2016 | Africa, Europe, Stories, Travel
It’s been a long time coming, but I am finally taking another international trip.Lately, I have gotten tons of questions from those who knew about my trip such as:Why South Africa?So in this blog post, I will lay out my various reasons: According to a written blog...
by zaakirahnayyar | Jul 16, 2016 | love, Stories
My 2-year anniversary is July 16, 2016. Over the course of the years, there have been a lot of ups, downs, lessons and changes. Last year, I wrote a post about love. My theme for this year: patience, communication, and respect.For better or worse is what they say; not...
by zaakirahnayyar | Jun 27, 2016 | Stories, Travel, Writing
June 2, 2015, marks the first anniversary of paying for my Squarespace site and purchasing my domain for Zaakirah Nayyar. Even though I began blogging on Tumblr about my travels during my 2011 trip to Ghana, West Africa for a volunteer project with Operation...
by zaakirahnayyar | Apr 22, 2016 | Stories, Writing
Originally Posted: April, 25, 2014Follow my blog with BloglovinMy name is Zaakirah (pronounced zaa-key-ra); in Arabic, it means the hereafter. I was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on December 20th, almost four weeks prematurely. When I was nine months old, I was...
by zaakirahnayyar | Apr 15, 2016 | Africa, Stories, Writing
Originally posted June 2014So it has been a little over a week since I have been in The Gambia, West Africa. It reminds me so much of Ghana, but it is also very different. The land is much more flat, it is a predominantly Muslim country, a much smaller country, and...
