Page 10 - ADU Voice Volume 4 Issue 2
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9 Voice | Spring 2025
PIECES OF
A FASTING
SOUL
By Fatma Durrani
n an interview with a Spanish Muslim revert, Rosa Membrive, we explore her journey towards Islam and
Ithe complexities that she faces as a Muslim living in Spain, especially during Ramadan.
Q. What inspired you to embrace Islam and Q. And so that process of reverting, what
what was that journey like for you? exactly did that look like for you?
So, I met someone playing video games that Yeah, that was a bit of a journey. I didn’t
was Muslim, and then his friends were coming decide that I wanted to revert or anything like
to Barcelona on a holiday. He asked, “Can that (yet), but it’s true that I was spending time
you meet up with my friends so you can show with them and meeting more Muslim people,
them around?” I said, “Yeah, sure!” So, I was and then I went to work in Abu Dhabi, and
impressed. I felt like they had such a beautiful so, I met more Muslims…As I kept talking to
soul…all of them were so humble, honest: them, they were telling me you’re acting as a
they were treating everyone so well. I felt like Muslim, but you’re not a Muslim. So, I started
it changed my perception of what I perceived thinking about it, you know? Maybe I am a
Islam (to be), because here they always portray Muslim [laughs]. And then I had a friend; she
it as someone that’s very strict…so yeah, it met me, and she was like, “You have to convert
changed a little bit of my perception…I feel to Islam!” [laughs] and then she gifted me a
like all of them inspired me, I wanted to be like Quran in Spanish…
them! [laughs].
