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 […]
Ramadan kareem everyone, don’t you feel the difference?I have spent the last few days fretting about how I will manage it all – work, the early morning meals, preparing iftar, praying taraweeh. So I went off on one yesterday and the better half had to calm me down.Then yesterday evening we got the good news […]
I have been meaning to do this for ages since I was tagged by Sister Ummihabibati (or Sis Rainbow as I call her) for a tag on bloggers I wonder about. Of course, being a nosy person I am curious sometimes about: Big Sis – I wonder what my bestest buddy is up to right […]
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 […]
The decor was in jewel-like shades of turquoise, lime, purple and hot pink and we had asked for an Arabic theme. We arrived at the venue two hours before the henna and set everything apart from the stage up, moving tables around and working out how and where to seat people. My brother and some […]
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 […]
I like the idea of choosing a word for the year but because it helps to focus on one theme or area of my life that I can work on. My word for 2015 was shukr, or gratefulness. My intention was to become more grateful for every big and small blessing in my life, but more […]
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 […]
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 […]
