About

Assalamalaikum Everyone,

There are two things you can probably get from my URL – I’m Muslim and that I like coffee. Okay, the latter is only slightly implied because what if I prefer my caffeine from another source, like soda? No, it’s coffee. And mochas. I like me some mochas.

Besides those very important facts revealed in the paragraph above, here are a few other things that you get to know about me:

1) I’m a 30 year old American Muslim of Pakistani descent. I’ve lived in the Bay Area in California my entire life. I have been known to say “dude” and “awesome”. However, I don’t say “hella”.

2) I’m still working on being a better person and a better Muslim.

3) When I buy shoes, I think about whether or not I can run in them if I’m chased by cops. Please note that I have never broken the law nor plan to.

4) I’m a huge Superman fan. There was even one point of time (well, a point of time that spanned 5.5 years) that I read Superman comic books. I used to get upset when I saw someone wearing a Superman shirt because I felt like I should question them to make sure that they actually knew something about Superman. I don’t get upset anymore. I’m better now.

5) I never thought about wearing a hijab (the headscarf) growing up until pretty much the morning I started wearing it. Check out my post on when I first wore it: An Accidental Tuesday, OR: A Very Hijabi Story

6) When I watch Empire Strikes Back, I have to watch Return of the Jedi soon after that. Otherwise, Han Solo will have to spend that much more time in carbonite.

7) If I had the choice between the power of flight or the power of invisibility, I would choose flight. Trust me when I say that I would only use my powers for good.

8) Even though I’m a pretty sarcastic person, that above statement is not sarcastic.

Thanks for checking the site out!

Bushra Burney
bushra[AT]caffeinatedmuslim.com

That’s me. Picture taken by my friend Monica. Check out her website -www.MonicaRoy.com