Dear Fatima, I haven’t seen my “best friend” for almost a month and we are going to be meeting in 2 weeks at the mosque. All of my friends are going to be there and while she talks normally to them, I am almost certain she won’t bother to even look at me. She blocked ... Read More
I’m almost 18 year old girl and going to college next year. My parents have told me that it is likely my dad will lose his job in the United Nations and we would have to move back to Iran halfway through college. I don’t have anything against Iran, but the U.S. is my home. ... 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 am a 17 year old girl and I have requested stones to bridges to help me connect to a counselor/therapist many times but no one is responding. All of the lights are starting to dim and I don’t know where to turn to for help. As much as I try, the Quran ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’ve submit few posts in stonestobridge.. Alhamdulillah it’s like a huge burden has been lifted off my shoulder. I know that I have many issues to address properly (childhood abuse, traumatic experiences, homosexuality, depression, anxiety ) and most of your recommendations are to seek professional help. First of all, I don’t usually speak ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I am 20-ish woman. I’ve been dealing with my abnormal sexual orientation my entire life. I thought that it was my nature.. As I grow up and learn about things I realized this might resulted from sexual abuses I had when I was a little kid. I learn about life, relationship, love in ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m 17 and my sister is only a few ages younger than me. She is more social and outgoing than I am; she has all the friends and all the relationships established that she needs to survive in high school. I am the complete opposite of her, I am less social and I ... 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
Dear Fatima, I am 17, and I added my friend on snapchat and because of my immature self I didn’t stop adding her. I was being invasive. I was being clingy, it was my fault. She keeps blocking me. Today, I decided I would never add her again to respect her wishes and more importantly ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m a 17 year old girl in high school. I have been facing extreme social distress from a young age. There are 2 incidents that I will highlight. Most of the girls in my school never talk to me. In fact, I get so lonely sometimes that I have contemplated suicide. Reading the ... Read More
