Ever since I received these beads, my mum-in-law has been mentioning at regular intervals what a pretty tasbeeh, or set of prayer beads, they would make. I decided to take the hint and have fun with the pretty colours and put together the tasbeeh below. I used donut-shaped crystal beads called rondelles with a diameter […]
This weekend and this morning have been a lesson for me. I realise I have not been my Happy Mama self for a long time. I spent the whole weekend moping, feeling tired and sad and getting cross with people. I spent most of Saturday evening working myself into a tantrum, aiming it at my […]
As a mother, working or not, it seems our work is truly never done. Meals, baths, bedtime, housework, cuddle-time, prayers, school run, activities, trips to the shops, library, doctor, visiting, entertaining gests. Even our hobbies and leisure time become things to do, do, do.Our mothers worked and often did not have time to themselves when […]
The latest edition of InCultureParent is out and includes my column “Islam and Child Discipline: Is Hitting Ever Ok?”: “I believe that, to an extent, we are a product of our own parent’s parenting. The way we respond to the world, our emotional reactions and our temperament, are influenced by our upbringing. I love my […]
Hubby has been away for most of this weekend leaving me and the kids to engage in some quiet time shopping for socks, reading, crafting, journalling, scrapbooking, visiting the library, visiting my mum and having a friend come to visit with her boys (bringing a very pretty, sparkly abayah for me with her). All activities which […]
Hubby has been away for most of this weekend leaving me and the kids to engage in some quiet time shopping for socks, reading, crafting, journalling, scrapbooking, visiting the library, visiting my mum and having a friend come to visit with her boys (bringing a very pretty, sparkly abayah for me with her). All activities which […]
I was doing some research for work today on equality in sports participation and one of the most striking findings I came across was the lack of participation of Muslim women in Sports. Quite a few of the research reports and studies had attempted to gauge the reasons why Muslim women did not participate in […]
As a mother, working or not, it seems our work is truly never done. Meals, baths, bedtime, housework, cuddle-time, prayers, school run, activities, trips to the shops, library, doctor, visiting, entertaining gests. Even our hobbies and leisure time become things to do, do, do.Our mothers worked and often did not have time to themselves when […]
Hubby has been away for most of this weekend leaving me and the kids to engage in some quiet time shopping for socks, reading, crafting, journalling, scrapbooking, visiting the library, visiting my mum and having a friend come to visit with her boys (bringing a very pretty, sparkly abayah for me with her). All activities which […]
Just after I published that last post and went to pick Little Lady up from school as she returned from a school trip, I got a call from my mum. They’ve found my uncle. He’s safe. He’s still in Peshawar and won’t be home in Jhelum till tomorow morning. I nearly started jumping up and […]
I have made quite good friends with a Sister whose daughter is in Little Lady’s class. One day she invited me to her home and I went along with my children in tow. She was great company and very hospital, bringing out endless trays of food. Whilst there I met another Sister whose daughter was […]
Received some rather strange news this morning from my mum and then her little sister. I wrote two years ago about my mum’s little brother being kidnapped in Pakistan in what was previously a very safe area of Pakistan (original post here, our fears for him here, news of his recovery here and a post about […]
I have spent the last few days moving furniture and cupboards around and re-organising the house. In a corner under the kids bed I found a little suitcase and was delighted to find some clothes from my wedding trousseau from 11 years ago. This is part of a very heavy lengha (skirt suit) which my […]
