Empowering Matrescence: Empathy, Individuality, and Redefining Motherhood
In Palestinian culture, new Mamas are often pressured to embody a picture-perfect image of selflessness and unending joy, while their personal experiences go unnoticed. It's time to embrace empathy and create space individuality in matrescence while honouring the communal. Let us celebrate the highs and lows, challenge the role of sacrifice, and empower Mamas to define their own narratives, free from judgment and unrealistic expectations.
Mama’s Circle: Mother’s Day Event
Our Mama’s Circle met for the first time for a special Mother’s Day event at al-mustawda3 where we spent the afternoon enjoying delicious food, lovely conversation, and running around our kids in a space with an unmatched tea collection!
The Daycare Conversation
To send a child to daycare is one of the first & hardest decisions by new parents. In this post, I discuss why I chose to send my child to daycare adding my voice to a universal discussion with absolutely no right answer, to soon realized that embedded within this conversation is a much deeper narrative on the way society allows women to make the transition into motherhood, to become a Mama.
Sitti’s Secrets: Tips for Infant Care from the Palestinian Matriarchs of My Life
I have been so lucky to have been able to transition into motherhood surrounded & supported by so many wonderful mothers who provided me with a wealth of helpful and much needed tips & tricks for infant care. Here are my absolute favorite tried & tested tips for postpartum & infant care, so that new parents everywhere can perhaps learn from the rich Palestinian cultural heritage in caring for their own little ones.
Maternal Mirroring: Beyond the Mother-Infant Dyad
A sense of strange familiarity started to settle in a few weeks after I had given birth, as if I had know Arafat my whole life. This feeling has since evolved into the beginnings of a wonderful relationship and long lasting bond between us.
Breastfeeding Blues
Breastfeeding has many incredible benefits and advantages, critical to a mother and her new baby. While I absolutely love bonding with my son through breastfeeding, this new experience came with many new emotions and hormonal shits for a breastfeeding beginner.
Choosing Co-Sleeping: Our First Six Months
My journey with Co-Sleeping so far as a new mom.