After various deep wordy books (The Olive Reader, The Tale of Murasaki) and the action-packed intense (Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix), I thought I might have a read of something a little easier on the brain.This is not to denigrate these types of books (I love pulp horror and we all need an easy […]
I was rather pleased to be given two tickets to the Paralympic swimming earlier this month. The Aquatic Centre is one of the more iconic buildings in the Olympic Park, with its wave design, conceived by the prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid. We got late getting into the venue as we had to drop the children […]
Assalam-alaikam, the latest edition of InCulture Parent is now online, including my column in the “Religious Life of Children” section entitled “Being a Working Muslimah Mother” Please do visit and leave comments (it’s worth a visit just for the sheer cultural and religious variety it offers in it’s exploration of parenting).
The arrival of both spring and my in-laws has inspired me to clean up the garden and get planting. This is annual affair, where I’m too cold to go in the garden from about October onward, so hubby uses it to store random things and the kids either make a big mess everywhere, or use […]
We have had a few days of windy and wet weather here. I don’t know what it is, but my husband has a thing about wanting pakora’s when it rains. It’s what his mum used to make at home in pakistan when it rained and somewhat of a family tradition. I don’t know if it […]
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Little Man and I are having a daily moan-fest at the moment. He wakes up and moans at me, I listen and try not to get annoyed. I come home from work and he moans at me a bit more, I’m a bit more wake at this point (marginally) and listen and try to be […]
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 […]
As soon as I wrote that down I thought of those 60’s style magazine article’s that used to tell people to have the house perfect, look perfect and have the perfect martini ready in hand. But that’s not quite what I have in mind.Alhamdulillah, my husband has always been a very patient man mash’Allah. He […]
We have been home for about four weeks now and fallen into an easy going school routine. Right in the beginning my youngest two and I sat down together and agreed what a school day should look like. I let them take the lead and they ended up with the following simple routine: Sports/PE English […]
My husband is away for dawah work again this month. For those who are regular readers of the blog, you will know that my husband goes out to preach through his masjid every year for forty days (through a group called Tablighi Jamaat). It is something we believe in and value and has been a part […]
Which character trait of the Prophet are you grateful for? I am not sure how the answer this question. How do you even begin to grasp the beautiful qualities of Allah’s (SWT) most beloved Prophet ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Then how do you begin to weigh up […]
Tomorrow or the day after will see the start of Ramadan insh’Allah. As with every year I am looking forward to the opportunity to reconnect with my faith and with my Creator, refresh my iman (faith), work on improving the quality of my ibadah (worship) and coming out the other side of this special month […]
