Islam. Only one word, but more than twenty percent of the population. At least one fifth of this whole entire world is Muslim. But yet there are some who don't know anything about them, despite being a Muslim themselves. Among these people is an Afghan Muslim girl whose name is Amarah Sahar. She is seventeen years old, a senior in high school. She was born and raised in Canada with an Afghan background. Amarah has lived her life thinking that life is all about people not religion. She's never even wondered what the word Allah meant until she met the man who mistakenly changes her life. She wasn't snobby, she wasn't a girly-girl and neither was she a good girl. She was the most popular girl in school. She was lazy, immensely dense and had incredibly bad habits . But with that she was also funny, teasing and loud. No one ever saw her as a threat. She was an only child with parents that spent two-thirds of their life working and only one-third living with Amarah. They failed to educate Amarah and give her support. But when a 22 year old student teacher enters the school and sees Amarah's bad habits, he won't forget and neither will he forgive so easily for what she has done and what she continues doing. Out of all the people who cut her some slack, he isn't any of them. Will this Islam-loving, strict but sincere teacher ever show Amarah the true light of Islam?

"Be my girlfriend," He replied, his mouth inches from mine. I could feel his hot minty breath. "What!?" I was expecting it, but he still caught me off guard, "Alex, I can't!" "I thought you said you liked me," "Yes, and I meant it, but_" "Is it because of that guy again?" He says and I could feel the jealousy through his voice. "No, Alex, I can't be your girlfriend. I can't be anyone's girlfriend. Dating is forbidden in Islam." Ruqayyah is an 18-year-old Muslim girl in her last year of college. With her strict mother that suspects her daughter is hanging out with boys, she forces her into a forced marriage. What if Ruqayyah is already interested in someone else? How will she tell her mum that she's in love with a NON-Muslim? #Cover: @thatL0ser❤️ Written: 2018 Updated: 2021 COMPLETED✔️ ___________________________________ For all my readers who read this story back in 2018-2020, this is a new version of it. I have added, changed and removed a couple of scenes but the storyline remains the same. If you wish to re-read it, you will notice the changes I made. Welcome, everybody!

Running away from the desert of life Hoping she could find something to make her feel alive But oblivious was she of plan of Divine That road to her paradise Required much harder desert to survive To reach the everlasting sunrise She had to experience a dark deadly night But was she the blossom that even in the harsh weather thrived or will wither away in her testing time ☘️☘️☘️