Salam and Ramadan Mubarak Sister Nuriddeen! Hope you and your loved ones are/have been well since we last met/spoke, especially these past two pandemic years.

Of course you're most welcome. It is a sincere pleasure and cherished privilege to write what is true to not only myself and my story, but even more so, in support of and solidarity with the lived experiences and narratives of others; particularly the most vulnerable, historically disenfranchised, and criminally erased/underrepresented voices -- namely, black women.

I remain hopeful to be worthy of your collective service. Please keep my parents in your prayers. May God accept, bless, and compensate you and your loved ones with the best in this life and the next. Ameen!

Take care, stay safe, and be well.

Farooq