Who I am.

Origin

I was born in Mauritius - a small island in the Indian Ocean that most people have never visited but almost everyone has heard of. It is the kind of place that gets called paradise by tourists and home by those who grew up there. I am one of the latter.

I left to study, to work, to grow. I ended up in Germany - specifically in Brandenburg an der Havel, a quiet city west of Berlin with a medieval old town and a river that freezes in winter. It is about as far from the Indian Ocean as you can get.

The distance taught me things that staying home never would have.

Faith

I am Muslim. My faith shapes how I think about time, responsibility, wealth, and what it means to live well. It is not a compartment of my life - it is the frame around all the others.

I study Arabic - specifically Fusha, Modern Standard Arabic - not just as a language but as a way of getting closer to a tradition of thought I find inexhaustible.

What I read and think about

History - especially the long, slow kind. The rise and fall of civilisations. How empires make decisions. What Ibn Khaldun understood about group solidarity that most political scientists still haven’t caught up with.

Philosophy of technology. Not the breathless kind, but the careful kind - what do these systems actually do to the people who use them? Who benefits? What is lost?

I also write historical fiction - long, slow, probably unpublishable novels about people navigating political transformation and faith. It is the most honest thing I do.

What I’m building toward

“I am building towards a life in this world so that I can buy a piece of heaven.”

That means: being debt-free. Owning something for my family. Being trustworthy. Doing work that matters. Not chasing status - building stability.

It is a long game. I am playing it.