Asalamu Alaykum, everyone!

Asalamu Alaykum, everyone...

I am the not-so-infamous teenage blogger Aisha.
There's three things you should know about me:
1) I am muslim.
2) I am a revert
3) I'm only 15.

There, i said it. There's sooo much to learn about me, and this huge dialogue box is kind of daunting, but here goes nothing!

I am a 15 year old student in the USA, and I go to a prestigious boarding school. My life is not a normal teenage life: no time for TV, I live at school, and my school makes my life SUPER pressured 24/7.
My best friends aren't muslim...and the only muslims I'm close with live in Egypt and last saw me in person about 2.5 years ago, so it's hard to go through being a Muslimah alone. :(

I used to be a Christian, but I'm a Muslim now alhamdullilah. Lemme explain a few things to you all about this. No, I am not using Islam just to feel good about myself because I think I'm ugly. No, this is not a phase, and no I am not some weird outcast who things that Islam is her "calling" or something sketchy like that. In reality, I'm a popular white girl with blondish hair with lots of friends who has made this decision. I tried to push it to the side for years, actually since 6th grade, but it has lingered in my brain. That's when i decided that i should look into Islam, and at least learn about it. I won't go into detail unless people request it, but all I can say is that the road has been very VERY hard and there's still a lot that I need to go through, but I hope that I can help any other young people or teenagers out in the world that are trying to balance the modern American lifestyle with being a good Muslim.

Salamzzz everyone <3
"Aisha"

Ps- Aisha is not my real name, but for confidentiality's sake, it will be my little way of signing off and writing on the blog. xo