As Salam Alaikum, people. My name is Amina Khalid, and I'm a young Somali-Canadian Muslim woman living in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. I study at Algonquin College, and these days, ladies and gentlemen, life simply couldn't be better. I recently discovered that I am a lesbian, a fact that I am slowly learning to accept. There are many women like me in the Muslim community, I'm just more honest about it than most.
The way I figure it, the Muslim community is like any other community out there. We have our share of lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals and gays. I am that prototypical Muslim sister who wears the Hijab and traditional Islamic feminine robe everywhere she goes. I walk around with the Holy Book of my Faith tucked under my arm, and I can recite every word it contains by heart. I am a good Muslim sister. I also feel sexually and emotionally attracted to other women. It is possible to be Hijab-wearing Muslim woman and a dyke. Believe me, it does happen.
With my girlfriend Nadeeya Osman away in the City of Montreal, Quebec, on a basketball tournament, what's a horny lesbian to do? I am twenty years old and sex is something new to me. Before Nadeeya, I hadn't even kissed a woman. In the few months since we've gotten together, I have begun to explore my sexuality. Sex with Nadeeya is fun, and my favorite Somali Muslim butch lesbian definitely knows how to lay it down, but I'm curious about what else is out there.
After the steamy threesome I had with my close friends and fellow lesbians Khadija Hussein and Fatima Ali, I can't get enough of the female body. I want to have sex with more women. Lesbian sex is absolutely awesome and I want to explore it in all of its forms and splendors. It's a good thing that there is no shortage of lesbians in the Muslim community. Let the wicked fun continue, ladies and gentlemen.
I went to the Masjid the other day, and I prayed alongside the other Muslim sisters in the women's corner. Just another Hijab-wearing, conservatively attired Muslim sister, doing Saleh like a proper Muslim should. As I exited the Masjid, someone hollered my name. I turned around and saw this tall, good-looking Somali lady named Maimuna. The lady in question is a good friend of my aunt Zahra Khalid, and I felt a pleasurable frisson when she walked up to me and hugged me.
Understand that I've known Maimuna for a long time now, for she is close friends with my aunt Zahra and my mother. I had always found the tall, attractive, elegantly attired Somali lady fascinating, but couldn't quite put my finger on the reason why. I found Maimuna attractive, but didn't know what to make of my feelings for her. How could I? I didn't even understand myself at the time.
Maimuna is one of those religious Somali Muslim sisters I know. The lady's Instagram is full of pictures of her trip to Makkah and Medina for Hajj, the sacred trip which all Muslims are supposed to undertake at least once in their lifetime. All these things came to mind as Maimuna approached me, and we embraced and started talking about our lives. Truth be told, I hadn't seen Maimuna in quite some time.