Framing Walls With Dust in My Lungs and Prayer on My Tongue
Ramadan on site. Noon sun. No water till sunset. Foreman offered shade break. I took it. Faith and framing both need structure. The crew asked quiet question...
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Ramadan Overtime and the Break Room Smells
I am working through Ramadan on a construction site. The guys eat lunch in the break room. Not cruel. Just life. I sit in the truck and drink water at sunset...
Two Truths at Once: On Watching Others Win
On watching a bootcamp peer land a job abroad and feeling two things at once — genuine happiness and unresolved hunger — without letting either cancel the other.
The Inshallah Is Doing a Lot of Work
A personal essay on tech job rejection, the cruelty of coding interviews, and what nine months of searching does to how you see yourself.