To me henna is celebration itself and Eid feels incomplete without it. Three of the guests at our Eid party could apply henna, so we asked them nicely and they found themselves spending most of the evening decorating the hands of the rest of our guests. I mentioned earlier that my sister had afound a […]
My husband mentioned in passing recently that we had not been having many guests around. The last year I had been so focused on my new job and the rowdy teens that by the end of it I felt the lack of a social life too. I plan to spend more time this year hosting, […]
I absolutely loved this article (http://afrocentric-muslimah.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-books-have-taught-me.html ) on Sister Saaleha’s blog AfroCentric Muslimah and it totally inspired me (I agree with her comment about Dan Brown).Books have always been my window on the world. I come from a conservative South Asian background and grew up with restrictions on most places I could go alone as […]
When writing this I am no way stating that I am an authority on fashion or what constitutes hijab, what is ok, what is shariah-compliant or what anybody should wear. This way of thinking does make my life easier though and I would gain a lot of pleasure thinking it is of any use to […]
Today I am done. It’s not even 10am and I have argued, cried and pushed myself as far as I can go. I woke and was so tired to the bone that I could barely move, it took about half an hour to stop feeling like I was going to drop. I had to go […]
It probably sounds a bit pathetic, but neither my family, nor my in-laws, nor my parents family have ever had a barbeque before, so we thought we would start a tradition. Also, noticing the fun we seem to have at our ladies only Eid parties, my husband has been threatening for ages to have a […]
One of the biggest challenges in my life has been my lack of patience. It is something I have worked hard to improve in myself over the last decade so that I can become a kinder and gentler wife and mother and to please Allah (SWT) who says: “And be patient. Surely, Allah is with […]
I received a message about two weeks ago informing me that my domain name purchase (for www.happymuslimah.com) would not be renewed. This happened to me once before years ago when my blog used to be at www.happymuslimmama.com and I had to think of a new domain name and register that instead (many years later, I […]
These cards are ones I made over the past few weeks from bits and peices.The small flowers in the two cards below are punched flowers layered up with a gem at the centre. Green is my favourite colours and I love the juicy green shade in the card below. The swirl below is chipboard, a […]
The oncoming beginning of Ramadan has been at the back of my mind recently and Sister Hijabi Apprentice offered a good reminder in her recent post. With this in mind I thought now would be a good time to start planning and preparing for this special month.I try to ensure that my main focus is […]
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 heard an interesting story from my husband (who knows I am a sucker for a good story), who in turn heard the story during a Ramadan talk at his masjid. It involved one of the imam’s hifz (Quran memorization) student’s who spent months and months learning and still had not memorized one chapter. Eventually […]
I recently came across Malak’s excellent blog Hejab-Rehab where she recounts the difficulty her family has had with accepting her conversion to Islam. It brought to mind all of the convert/revert brothers and sisters I have met over the last few years and the issues each has faced. Islam has often been called the fastest-growing […]
One of the biggest challenges in my life has been my lack of patience. It is something I have worked hard to improve in myself over the last decade so that I can become a kinder and gentler wife and mother and to please Allah (SWT) who says: “And be patient. Surely, Allah is with […]
