Assalam-alaikam, I realise it’s been a year since I last wrote and in that time I have had moments when I yearned to write and others when I wondered if I ever would again. Then today I realised I have this little pocket of time for myself every day between clearing up after Iftar and […]
Our social lives seem to revolve around food at the moment, especially with Mum- and Dad-in-law going to Pakistan this week. We’ve had numerous dinner invites from friends and family to say goodbye, five in the last two weeks and the odd occasion where we have invited people to dinner. In itself this is rather lovely. […]
I have a thorough tidy up of our bookshelf every few months and sort through all the books that are in the wrong place and all of the random junk that accumulates on the shelves. We are planning a party for the weekend, so that was a good excuse as any to tackle the latest […]
I did start trying to update my Ramadan Planner for 2015 sometime in February, I lost momentum, my laptop died, I got overwhelmed and it just didn’t happen. So today I finally managed to edit it and finish it off. There are not many changes from last year, except the calenders have been updated. I […]
Happy Eid to everyone, hope it was special for each and every one of you. Have had a manic few days (and thats saying something considering I never seem to be able to stop running around like a headless chicklet).Took a week off and spent most of the time running around preparing for Eid and […]
A colleague at work reccommended I take my children to National Seal Sanctuary. It was a bit of a trek from our hotel, but turned out worth it. The tickets for nine of us added up, but the proceeds are used to help rescued seals and also a few penguins and otters. The sanctuary was […]
Assalam-alaikam all, I hope this Ramadan has been truly blessed for you and that you have grown in faith and nearness to Allah (SWT) and that your store of good deeds has grown exponentially insh’Allah: “When it is the last night [of Ramadan], they are forgiven, all of them.” So a man from the people […]
I needed something easy to write about while I was feeling a little brain dead and stuck and this felt like an easy list to make. Forty of my favourite books by the age of forty. 1. The Sealed Nectar by Sheikh Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri – an important and easy to read biography of the beloved […]
Even as I write the question in the title I have to admit that I am a little biased. I was born and raised in London and I am trying to raise my children here. So what prompted the question? I went to pick up Darling from nursery this morning and said hello to some […]
I have been meaning to catch up with blogging and my blogging and blog-reading sisters for ages. After three months of feeling exhausted and so nauseous, I have been spending most of my time lying down, last Monday I woke up feeling…normal.I was both amazed and extremely grateful. I remember when I suffered nausea with […]
On the third and last day of our stay we tried to find something to do that our older children might enjoy. The place that seemed to fit the best appeared to be Robin Hill Country Park, an 88-acre theme park located close to the centre of the Island. The tickets were about what you […]
I really wanted to make a new banner and frame with my children for my home to welcome Ramadan. I love the Moroccan-style quatrefoile tile print, I love greens and blues and colours that are harmonious next to each other and I love anything with an ombre effect. So you can imagine I came across this […]
Threw the second of my bi-annual Eid parties yesterday…and I think I may have to re-think the whole idea. In a previous post (http://www.happymuslimmama.com/2007/10/eid-party.html) I wrote about how much I enjoyed the party for Eid al-Fitr. It was an opportunity for Hijabi’s to network and to let their hair down, and an alternative to Christmas […]
One of the toughest aspects of modern life for Muslimah’s right now is marriage – or lack thereof. I know so many sisters who are looking to marry and are struggling for so many reasons. We seem to be a generation caught between the old way of doing things where our parents found someone vaguely […]
