Reposting my latest column for The Guardian Nigeria, which was there titled “Cook, earn, pray. But don’t expect a happy marriage”. If you have any thoughts about this, leave a comment. I recently read a story titled The Habit Of Loving written by the irreplaceable Doris Lessing. The story was about an ageing man who, having been…
The sacred is political
“You can’t not be religious!” is a reaction I often receive when someone asks me first whether I am Muslim, as my name implies, and then (when I say no) whether I am a Christian, which I am not either. Having found out that I’m neither Christian nor Muslim, the inquirer then often proceeds to…