   Assalamu alaikum, 

I am a Canadian refugee lawyer who alhamduiliah works in my own small practice in Toronto.  My family is originally Egyptian, but I was born in Canada and only lived in Egypt for one year while I was studying Arabic and working at a refugee-focused NGO.  I'm the youngest of three sisters and the other two musketeers are aH married, and each have young children.  

My personality is generally someone who is calm and meets the requirements of the situation. I'm mixed introvert and extrovert, so am generally shy at first, but can be very jovial and funny around family and friends. Likewise, I'm very responsible and serious where required (work, catching planes, etc :), but very relaxed otherwise. I'm strong and assertive when I need to be, but am generally very easygoing, make friends easily, and rarely have conflicts with people, so aH it's a rarely exercised trait.  aH I would like to believe that an exception is that my manners are universal and even where there is a conflict, limits are never crossed. I recently asked a friend how she would describe me in one sentence and she said "you have a unique way of making everything fun." It's more likely that I'm just excellent at choosing friends :)    As a Muslim, I am by no means perfect, but alhamdulliah I have been praying regularly since the first day of high school. I also wear hijab (with loose clothing), fast Ramadan, do some voluntary fasts, give charity, volunteer, and read (and try to memorize) Qur’an. In terms of non-ritualistic practice, alhamdulliah I really try my best to model good Islamic character, especially living as a minority, so I avoid bad language, backbiting, haram entertainment, and lying. I barely even use non-profane slang words, so overall my personality is very uncool :) 

Finally, to add some fluff on the lighter side, my favourite colour is blue, season is fall, months are Ramadan and October, animals are elephants, and favourite places I visited are Spain and Malaysia.  I have a travel funtasy of visiting all the famous mosques at the end of the Arabic version of the movie “the Message,” and aH I’m well on the way :)
