Khimar is Arabic for headscarf, what lots of people call 'hijab'. Hijab is really a wider area than just the headscarf: it involves general rules of modesty, for behaviour as well as dress. The BBC's Islam pages explain hijab pretty well, if I do say so myself (naturally this is mostly thanks to the savvy Muslim colleague who co-wrote the article).
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Dammit, another random fruit craving. Anyone know where you can get fresh dragonfruit in Manchester?
I could try to head it off with pomegranate seeds, but my inner fruit vampire isn't likely to be fooled for long...
Still trying to stabilise my weight. It's creeping upwards. Absolutely gutting, because I'm honestly not doing many things wrong. Virtually existing on quantities of cabbage, green beans, cheese, yoghurt, fruit, synth meat and nuts. I suspect it's the bits of dairy if anything that are doing it, but goddamn, it's not as though I'm eating pizza or baked potatoes or anything debauched like that.
Oh, and I'm still experiencing flashes of hunger of the non-vegetarian vampire sort (i.e. seared, bloody meat - come to think of it, I'm craving red things in general), which leads me to suspect anaemia - really must get those blood tests done. Also still as weak as a puppy physically.
(If it's not anaemia, online hypochondria services suggest multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's or brain tumour for my current crop of symptoms, so let's go with the iron deficiency.)
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