This weekend one of hubby’s friends from the masjid wanted to visit a boot fair with his wife and daughter, so he invited me to come with them. Little Lady was still awake from fajr (dawn prayers), so invited herself along too. I have only been once or twice this year, so was very keen to go. We […]
The Good Finding the perfect outfit for Eid (hot pink, silver and pearls). Being bought another outfit by Long-Suffering Sister (turquoise, silver and diamante). Finding 6 bunches of flowers for £5 in the market, in the colour’s of my Eid décor. Finding the white tops I needed for Little Lady at market for £1 each […]
I got a phone call from my middle child’s school this week asking me to come in. I asked what it was about and they said not to worry. For a brief moment I did entertain delusions about being called in for a good reason, such as he being recognised as some kind of child […]
I already had too many books to read checked out of the library, but I could not resist one more when I saw the quote on the back of this book from the reviewer at Vogue: “Heartbreaking…the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak’s book”. Books from the Middle East and South Asia (Pakistan and Afghanistan especially) […]
I am sure everyone is watching as events unfold in Haiti, and I am sure that my brothers and sisters will rush to do what they can once more insh’Allah.Below are links to those agencies who have already begun to co-ordinate a response to the disaster: I know that those that have nothing, still have […]
After completely giving up hope of seeing any of the Games or visiting the Olympic Park before it shut down, I was given two tickets to watch Paralympic Swimming. The Paralympic tickets unlike the Olympic tickets have an added benefit that you can both watch the Game you have a ticket for and tour the […]
I am sure everyone is watching as events unfold in Haiti, and I am sure that my brothers and sisters will rush to do what they can once more insh’Allah.Below are links to those agencies who have already begun to co-ordinate a response to the disaster: I know that those that have nothing, still have […]
I often hear sisters whinging about their husband’s. It’s very rare for women to say their husband is wonderful, is enough for them and does enough. Sometimes, I think they just like to moan and sometimes I’ve met their husband and I can’t blame them for complaining.To be fair, the standard set for Muslim men […]
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 […]
I often receive very warm or interesting e-mails from sisters who have read my blog. Yesterday I received this: Asalam ulaikum sister, I am a huge fan of your blog, happy muslim mama. Please write a article on your amazing daughter. You could write about all the times she washed the dishes for you, hauls […]
I enjoy listening to TED talks when I am getting ready for work in the morning or cooking. This one in particular caught my imagination: I like the idea that you do something for just thirty days with no pressure to go beyond that period and once you have done something for thirty dyas, then you […]
I enjoy listening to TED talks when I am getting ready for work in the morning or cooking. This one in particular caught my imagination: I like the idea that you do something for just thirty days with no pressure to go beyond that period and once you have done something for thirty dyas, then you […]
After all that fussing, stressing, tears this morning and being at the peak of giving up – Gorgeous’s passport has arrived. My poor husband drove over 100 miles to stage a sit-in at the Petersborough Passport Office (I’m not joking he has a terrible anarchist streak), when I got the call from the Passport Office […]
I was raised in a generation where girls were being told that if we worked hard enough we could be equal to men in the workplace. In tandem with this the traditional work of women – housework and childrearing was relegated to non-work, or at least work that was not valued as equal to work […]
