Think of legumes, pulses, and beans in a hierarchy: legumes are the umbrella term, with pulses directly underneath. Beans fall under both of these – beans are legumes and pulses. Legumes include all types and forms of beans and peas that come from the Fabaceae (or Leguminosae) botanical family. In other words, legumes are the umbrella family that all beans, peas, and pulses fall under, and include thousands of varieties grown around the world. Although used interchangeably,

There are too many roads less travelled I have taken; there are too many facets of my journeys, inside and transcendentally. In the lines that follow, you may find one or many of them. Labouring my heart through years to overcome my Mum’s loss in my teen years, failed attempts at relationships, a child abuse incident when I was 5 years old and losing my Dad in 2014. Excelling in jobs that I did not like mostly because I have always had this relationship of convenient inconven

Until you are actually in the middle of the field, you never realise how challenging are the things you call your dreams! In 2003, a eureka moment sparked in my heart after a remarkably successful corporate event that I would have orchestrated with my team for a top-notch multi-national company. All, along with being the title of a manager in a multi-national at the age of 23, having a senior role in Rolls Royce (but yet locking myself in the bathroom and crying my heart out

This article was published in the Daily Crisp. Been on that journey for what feels like spiritual ages, all I know is that some good tears, laughs and dreams later, and much gratitude, I have a diary of rainbows and magic wands, where I’ve kept on my bedside drawer, with each experience, I kept saying to myself “you learn”! In here and on my earthly birthday, I share little parts of me with you… You learn, to close your eyes and let go of all the silent noise in your head and

Q&A on getting professional wellness support. This article was published in the Daily Crisp. Our presence in this world is an intricate scientific detail amidst a majestically vast and genius universe. Human beings are bundles of energy that dynamically give and take from their surroundings. The universe in return will find ways to respond to your energy vibes. And unlike, how superficially the law of attraction is being put to work, you are the master of your own universe! Y

This article was publish in the Daily Crisp. In 1986, Sherif El Ghamrawy, a young aspiring Egyptian Engineer, decided to leave city-life behind and founded what was then known as the first Egyptian eco lodge “Basata” (i.e. Simplicity), north of Nuweiba on the Sinai Peninsula. By that, he consciously chose his well-being and became one of Egypt’s most prominent trend-setting social Entrepreneurs. Now, Basata is a well-known eco-lodge and internationally awarded project. Despit