Akifa AbbasRicocheting between love and longingIt is a gloomy winter night, and I am sitting in my bed with my cat curled up in my lap. It is the last day of 2021, and with terrifying…Dec 31, 20211Dec 31, 20211
Akifa AbbasGood-byes? Nay, we’re staying put.It was our last session at Amal this past Sunday, and all sixty of us knew that, even though we had not met in person at all, even though…Oct 22, 2021Oct 22, 2021
Akifa AbbasWhat was I thinking?Given the month-long scrutinizing process of selection as the career-prep fellow, not that I thought Amal was just another Zoom class I…Oct 15, 20211Oct 15, 20211
Akifa AbbasLooking backAlmost ten days left till I wrap up my three-month long fellowship with Amal Academy, I wanted to sit down and write my moments of truth…Oct 8, 20211Oct 8, 20211
Akifa AbbasOn our way to problem-solvingMembers: Sajida Parveen, Sameer Katija, Maryam Shakeel, Muhammad Maaz, Sheraz Ahmad, Akifa AbbasSep 22, 2021Sep 22, 2021
Akifa AbbasA HELPING HANDAs someone who religiously believed in the ideology of Abdul Sattar Edhi Sahab and looked up to him, his demise brought so many fears for…Sep 10, 2021Sep 10, 2021
Akifa AbbasPomodoro Technique- testedBeing someone from the medical field, there is always an exam or a paper that I am stressing out about and there is always so much studying…Aug 28, 2021Aug 28, 2021
Akifa AbbasThe other side of the storyThis started when I began noticing that almost every other day all anyone pointed out was how the bigger proportion of our population, the…Aug 21, 20212Aug 21, 20212
Akifa AbbasROAD TO GROWTH MINDSETYou were at the crossroads. You stopped there and you took your time to reflect. You had to decide which way was the right way for. It took…Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021