I picked up the idea of journaling soon after I graduated. I guess part of it was because I missed my studies and the knowledge I got to store in my notes (I am a terrible hoarder in so many ways). Another reason was because I love books, including self-help books and wanted to keep […]
After staying away from the internet for most of Ramadan and then having the computer crash after Eid, I have not been able to blog or reply to e-mails. Today my brother-in-law brought home a rather nice laptop which is now mine and which I hopefully will manage to keep away from the kids long […]
In 2006 I attended a diversity conference via work with my best friend, amongst various speakers at this conference was a gentleman called Richie Dayo-Johnson who spoke about his past failures and difficulties in life and how he overcame them and then found ways to help others.One thing stood out at that conference though. He […]
Assalam-alaikam, I had a bit of good news to share alhamdulillah. The New York Times parenting blog Motherlode reprinted my most recent column for InCulture Parent: “An Islamic View of Parenting”. You can see the column in Motherlode here and in InCulture Parent here. Jazakh’Allah-khairun and many thanks to those who have taken the time […]
In 2006 I attended a diversity conference via work with my best friend, amongst various speakers at this conference was a gentleman called Richie Dayo-Johnson who spoke about his past failures and difficulties in life and how he overcame them and then found ways to help others.One thing stood out at that conference though. He […]
Assalam-alaikam, I had a bit of good news to share alhamdulillah. The New York Times parenting blog Motherlode reprinted my most recent column for InCulture Parent: “An Islamic View of Parenting”. You can see the column in Motherlode here and in InCulture Parent here. Jazakh’Allah-khairun and many thanks to those who have taken the time […]
We in the western hemisphere have what most of the world do not, health, wealth, spouse, children, education, family, home, employment and freedom. We take for granted things that our grandparents would never have dreamt existed. Death and pain are often so far from us and so sanitized for us that we think ourselves invincible.I […]
I picked up the idea of journaling soon after I graduated. I guess part of it was because I missed my studies and the knowledge I got to store in my notes (I am a terrible hoarder in so many ways). Another reason was because I love books, including self-help books and wanted to keep […]
Assalam-alaikam, I had a bit of good news to share alhamdulillah. The New York Times parenting blog Motherlode reprinted my most recent column for InCulture Parent: “An Islamic View of Parenting”. You can see the column in Motherlode here and in InCulture Parent here. Jazakh’Allah-khairun and many thanks to those who have taken the time […]
I picked up the idea of journaling soon after I graduated. I guess part of it was because I missed my studies and the knowledge I got to store in my notes (I am a terrible hoarder in so many ways). Another reason was because I love books, including self-help books and wanted to keep […]
Assalam-alaikam, I had a bit of good news to share alhamdulillah. The New York Times parenting blog Motherlode reprinted my most recent column for InCulture Parent: “An Islamic View of Parenting”. You can see the column in Motherlode here and in InCulture Parent here. Jazakh’Allah-khairun and many thanks to those who have taken the time […]
After staying away from the internet for most of Ramadan and then having the computer crash after Eid, I have not been able to blog or reply to e-mails. Today my brother-in-law brought home a rather nice laptop which is now mine and which I hopefully will manage to keep away from the kids long […]
I was listening to this lecture on the Rights and Responsibilities of Marriage by Shaikh Hamza Yusuf and he mentions in the beginning of the lecture that in Arabic the word for home is “maskan”, which is the place of “sakina”. He goes onto explain that you have “harakat” (movement) and “sakanat” (stillness), therefore sakinah […]
Assalam-alaikam, I had a bit of good news to share alhamdulillah. The New York Times parenting blog Motherlode reprinted my most recent column for InCulture Parent: “An Islamic View of Parenting”. You can see the column in Motherlode here and in InCulture Parent here. Jazakh’Allah-khairun and many thanks to those who have taken the time […]
