I know I'm meant for a stage. I know I'm here to speak. I just know.
Here's a story I never shared with you before... When I was 19 I joined a pyramid scheme company behind my husband's back (I was engaged...
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Amal Alhuwayshil
- Jan 4, 2022
- 5 min
This Will Help You Set & Accomplish Your Ambitious 2022 Goals
How many times did you find yourself (once again) off the path of your new year resolution? You're perhaps already doubting yourself if...
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Amal Alhuwayshil
- Sep 24, 2021
- 5 min
Before I Left Saudi Arabia, I Almost Lost My Life
As I sit by the water, I think about my first birthday here in Canada when nobody wished me a happy birthday. I had no friends yet, and...
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Amal Alhuwayshil
- Aug 6, 2021
- 8 min
Leaving The Fixed Marriage I Got Into When I Was 18
When all I wanted to do after I graduated high school at 17, was go study abroad. But I was hit by the reality that I was at the age of...
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Amal Alhuwayshil
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
Free From The Hijab
I was privileged to be born and raised in Saudi Arabia. Yes, I was privileged to be born and raised in Saudi Arabia. A country that...
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Amal Alhuwayshil
- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
Are you being consistent with love or fear?
Would you rather be courageous or would you rather be a coward? Sometimes... I’d rather be a coward. This photo was taken in Vancouver,...
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Amal Alhuwayshil
- Jul 14, 2021
- 5 min
World, I Want to Leave You Better
“World, I want to leave you better I want my life to matter Have I the courage to change? Have I the courage to change today?” - Sia,...
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Amal Alhuwayshil
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
Unmasked. Untamed. Sovereign.
I grew up in a place where the laws dictated what it means to be a woman. I was told to be holy and save myself. No sex before marriage....
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Amal Alhuwasyhil
- Apr 29, 2020
- 8 min
Two Months Into 2020 Lockdown: Sadness, Love, Fear & Joy
I haven't had a drink since March 3rd. I wondered how a glass of wine would taste like right now, how much emotions would it numb faster,...
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Amal Alhuwasyhil
- Dec 31, 2019
- 4 min
This Deep Sense of Loss
The Loss... 2019, I leave this deep sense of loss with you. Oh Canada, do you remember the first time we met? At the Vancouver airport,...
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Amal Alhuwasyhil
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
Saudi National Day ~ Happy 89th birthday.
Home. On this day, take me home, take me to my homeland. On this day, I cry. In pain, and yearnings to be on the lands where I was born....
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