
Each day we were all counting down the days to that one week of heaven, Karbala. Finally, it arrived, we bid goodbyes to our parents and sat on the bus with our hand carries, luggage was already transferred to another van. We reached the airport, it was a three-hour long flight, and eventually, reached the land of Karbala. The whole experience was amazing of course, as every day from fajar namaz till dinner in Faiz, there was always somewhere to go to, be it shopping or ziarat. One thing that was unique for me was that I was a part of the BHS content writers team, where we were supposed to update the social media platforms by sending posts with photos. Every day, we made a “word of the day” post, where we showed our discovery of a new Arabic word that we learnt with its translation in English and Urdu. Along with that, we had a few other posts and writeups too. We would have meetings at night, where we sat outside on the bench, taking in the cold breeze, sipping tea if we wanted to, and talking for hours, just us and our English teacher Ms Zainab. Overall, being a part of this team was what made my trip even more memorable than it already was.