We’ve added some new items to our online shop that we absolutely love.   Our signature large kundan-style adjustable rings are now back in stock in pink and teal green: We also have  some new accessories: There are also new hijab pins:    Just click on any of the images to go to the shop. […]

My maternity leave started officially yesterday, although I have been on leave for the last two weeks.   I have been trying to keep myself occupied so that I don’t go crazy.  Thankfully nesting has hit like crazy and I have been dragging out furniture and cleaning corners that I previously pretended didn’t exist and rearranging every cupboard […]

You know those days, when things start going wrong and then they just keep going wrong?  The kind of day better spent in bed until it’s over?  That’s the kind of day I had yesterday. I was woken at am by a blazing toothache – both the tooth and sinus pain combined at a time […]

This list contains the best receipes I could find for Ramadan. I hope you find this list useful for your meal planning and for inspiration and motivation.  I will keep adding as I come across recipes I love or readers make suggestions. 30+ Recipes you can make and freeze for Ramadan Kareem by Fun Cooking, including […]

With my in-laws back living with me alhamdulillah, it took me to thinking about living harmoniously and issues of control, privacy and co-operation.I enjoy my in-laws extended visits, especially the long meals, the long walks and the long talks, with laughter late into the early hours of the morning at time. This means that at […]

Just an update on my Quran lessons (struggles) with Little Lady. After a very difficult start, a few weeks when I wanted to give up (shaytan reeeeeally pushing it) and about two weeks when the thought of coming home from work and doing an hour with her were really getting to me – we’ve had […]

Sped through a busy Saturday morning after the kids decided lie-ins were for losers. To get them back – and because they were never going to stop squabbling otherwise, I got them shelling peas. Both of my boys harrass me to let them have a go with the mortar and pestle, baby got there first […]

I had some nice news today. I recently asked my new employers about a prayer space or room and my manager said she would for arrange me a temporary space and ask the planners for the new building we are moving to about a more permanent area to pray in. She told me today that […]

This subject is one that I have been mulling over or a while. I must have started writing and then deleted what I have written half a dozen times, but I still haven’t got to the heart of what I want to explore. With a good number of my mum’s friends complaining about their children’s […]

This subject is one that I have been mulling over or a while. I must have started writing and then deleted what I have written half a dozen times, but I still haven’t got to the heart of what I want to explore. With a good number of my mum’s friends complaining about their children’s […]

I grew up in a loving home, but one that did not escape the South-Asian cultural preference for boys. As one of four sisters to a lone brother, this did none of us any favours. People would commiserate with my mother for having so many girls with “it is Allah’s will” (you have lost a […]

This subject is one that I have been mulling over or a while. I must have started writing and then deleted what I have written half a dozen times, but I still haven’t got to the heart of what I want to explore. With a good number of my mum’s friends complaining about their children’s […]

This subject is one that I have been mulling over or a while. I must have started writing and then deleted what I have written half a dozen times, but I still haven’t got to the heart of what I want to explore. With a good number of my mum’s friends complaining about their children’s […]

I grew up in a loving home, but one that did not escape the South-Asian cultural preference for boys. As one of four sisters to a lone brother, this did none of us any favours. People would commiserate with my mother for having so many girls with “it is Allah’s will” (you have lost a […]