      I’m 5’2” and in good physical health, alhamdulillah.  I enjoy running, swimming, yoga, and hiking.  I like most outdoor and physical activities.  I also enjoy traveling and reading. I spend weekends unwinding from the work-week, catching up with family and friends, trying out new recipes, and more recreational physical activity. I am currently a high school chemistry teacher and enjoy my career. I have also volunteered as a counselor while being a student at the ALIM summer program in Michigan and I volunteered to teach Saturday School at my local masjid some years ago.  I was also the MSA sponsor at the high school where I teach for a number of years. Occasionally I participate in events at the masjid—things like evening classes and weekend programs.  I find myself most engaged and enriched by dialogue that stimulates the mind as well as engages the heart, and seek out activities and discussions promoting this.   
 I am looking for someone who is open-minded, with a sense of humor, as well as a sense of responsibility.  Sharing a philosophy that includes learning and growing continuously in an effort to improve oneself is important to me.  Physical fitness and taking care of my health are high priorities in my life. I go the gym regularly and set goals for myself, so I would also like to have a partner who is active. Good communication and the ability to express affection I also find to be valuable traits.  Other qualities I look for are a calm nature, patience, a critical thinker, handy, helps out around the house, can see things from different angles--the poetic, the ironic, etc., has interests and hobbies that are his own, can easily converse with others, articulate, puts others at ease, balanced social and domestic life, i.e. doesn’t necessarily shy away from social occasions, but is content to spend quiet evenings at home. 
