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Jamila Hakam Get lots of feedback - and look outside your own circle for that feedback. Don't be afraid of negative criticism. We all need to accept that our work …moreGet lots of feedback - and look outside your own circle for that feedback. Don't be afraid of negative criticism. We all need to accept that our work has weaknesses, and then take that information and use it to repair those holes.(less)

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Jamila Hakam I'm researching what Islamic thinkers have written about the relationship between humans and the environment: specifically, how people situate themsel…moreI'm researching what Islamic thinkers have written about the relationship between humans and the environment: specifically, how people situate themselves in their surroundings, and what/where they consider to be their "home place."(less)

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	Najma by Anousha Vakani (Goodreads Author), Ayesha Sohail (Illustrator), Jamila Hakam (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Can I Get Closer to Allah? What every Muslim woman needs to know about her menses and after giving birth by Jamila Hakam (Goodreads Author), Nazek Younis 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comment me rapprocher d’Allah? by Jamila Hakam (Goodreads Author), Nazek Younis, Anne Isaac (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jamila’s Quotes

“Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.”
― Alice Walker

tags: art, bad, good, writing

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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