by zaakirahnayyar | Jan 10, 2017 | Stories, Travel
Truth be told, every adult woman should take at least one solo trip in her lifetime. Understandably circumstances may not always allow, but if you can, you should. Here are ten things I learned during my first solo international trip: Trust yourselfHonestly,...
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...
