I have been struggling to find opportunities to blog recently with work and family activity keeping me busy. My new role and the loss of a colleague due to office conflict has meant that my workload has shot up leaving me struggling to share my energy fairly between work and the rest of my life. […]
The latest edition of Mum and Muslim magazine is now out including my column, feature on travelling with children, book review, recipe and entry for the creative corner. As always I have enjoyed reading what other sisters have contributed. Please do visit and comment.The editor, Sister Umm Imran has a message for readers: Assalamu alaikum!Inshallah […]
The 1 year anniversary edition of Mum and Muslim is now online (including my column). The editor, Sister Umm Imran has worked hard to co-ordinate the efforts of all of the writers to bring an edition packed full of brilliant articles. Sister Umm Imran says: “The features section has an interesting article with a muslim […]
We don’t celebrate New Year as the Islamic New Year started in mid-November. However this changing of the calendar is as good a time as any to review how we have spent the last twelve months and how we can do better in the coming year. I received an e-mail in my inbox from Sheikh […]
The biggest searches I seem to have had for this week leading to this blog have been for Eid gifts and gift ideas. So I have compiled a list of places that I go to for gifts or which I think would make gifts or are on my wish list. I have listed companies and […]
I had a challenging evening this week. Too much to do and the day going by in a flash. Study and homework for my Arabic course, visiting the new baby in the family, housework, and kids were enough to handle without one of the boys blocking the toilet and creating a whole lot more work […]
The biggest searches I seem to have had for this week leading to this blog have been for Eid gifts and gift ideas. So I have compiled a list of places that I go to for gifts or which I think would make gifts or are on my wish list. I have listed companies and […]
I wrote quite some time ago about planning for our half term and end of term breaks in a way that makes the most of our time off of school or work but also includes the children in the process. The example below was where I let the kids fill the activities out in the […]
I came across this book by chance through a friend and it piqued my interest. There are lots of these types of books on home making and spirituality by Christian writers but I had not seen one written by a Muslimah, so I was keen to see what it was about. The book is written […]
I have been sharing my journey to get healthier and lose weight each month through my word of the Year for 2016: Health. January was about taking stock and trying to understand what the task ahead of me was: my good habits, the habits that needed attention, what was helpful and some reflection on my […]
Having had my children quite close together (3 within 4 years), I found my teeth affected by the end of my 20’s. I had bleeding gums and also receding gums, something which tends to affect people who are much older. Naturally, I didn’t want to end up losing my teeth, nor did I want to […]
Having had my children quite close together (3 within 4 years), I found my teeth affected by the end of my 20’s. I had bleeding gums and also receding gums, something which tends to affect people who are much older. Naturally, I didn’t want to end up losing my teeth, nor did I want to […]
When we talk about the rights and respect Islam gives to women and the benefits of hijab, some sisters and brothers will sometimes compare our lot with that of non-Muslim women, whether Western or not. Oftentimes I have heard a note of disdain and disrespect creeping in to these discussions. Non-Muslim women are deemed to […]
When we talk about the rights and respect Islam gives to women and the benefits of hijab, some sisters and brothers will sometimes compare our lot with that of non-Muslim women, whether Western or not. Oftentimes I have heard a note of disdain and disrespect creeping in to these discussions. Non-Muslim women are deemed to […]
