“It’s good you are raising your children rough” – mum’s friend. What? Does he mean like wolves? (I think she was referring to the fact that we sit on the floor to eat in the sunnah way)“Ohhh, you’re boy looks like a Somali” – mum’s friend again, said with distaste. What can I even say, […]
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Great Ramadan crafts compiled by Umm Nassim for TJ Ramadan or here for the PDF version Umm Nassim is also currently posting a series entitled Ramadan Around the World Yemen Links has a page called Ramadan Lessons, page two has some good craft ideas for making with children. I love the idea here for ramadan […]
The wonderful Sister Umm Nassim recently asked “Can you recommend some Islamic books you read with/to the children, especially Little Lady?” So I had a quick root around on their book shelf and bedroom and found the following:The Berry and Acorn series by Sajda Nazlee – these are suitable for fairly fluent readers and Little […]
I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s at the tail end when the British National Party were at their jack-booted peak. We used to watch them having punch-ups with the Anti-Nazi League on the evening news and cheer when they got a good smack. I was so proud of the Anti-Nazi League: a mixture […]
I found these beads on an old belt I has no use for. I usually avoid chunky acrylic beads as they look cheap, but I liked the way these colours worked together. Also where the beads are faceted like crystals, they look a little bit classier. I threaded this together with some help from Little […]
I found these beads on an old belt I has no use for. I usually avoid chunky acrylic beads as they look cheap, but I liked the way these colours worked together. Also where the beads are faceted like crystals, they look a little bit classier. I threaded this together with some help from Little […]
I had a long chat with Fashionista Sister yesterday. She had just gotten through her first week of teacher training and I could see she needed to talk with someone about it. She has always had an absolute giftedness with children, my young cousins adored her and Little Lady has announced that she is her […]
Despite my families grumbling I have tried to keep our iftars as simple as possible with the rule “no fried food” (this is followed by a filling meal after maghrib salah). It’s not easy to get away from samosa’s to open your fast, as my neighbours’ teens said when she tried to ban them: “If […]
I had a long chat with Fashionista Sister yesterday. She had just gotten through her first week of teacher training and I could see she needed to talk with someone about it. She has always had an absolute giftedness with children, my young cousins adored her and Little Lady has announced that she is her […]
Great Ramadan crafts compiled by Umm Nassim for TJ Ramadan or here for the PDF version Umm Nassim is also currently posting a series entitled Ramadan Around the World Yemen Links has a page called Ramadan Lessons, page two has some good craft ideas for making with children. I love the idea here for ramadan […]
I previously read Karen Armstrong’s book Islam: A Short Introduction and although I did not agree with everything in it, I still found it well-written and well-researched unlike a lot of the pseudo-academic rubbish written about Islam by people who do not bother to take the time to learn about the faith and struggle to […]
I found these beads on an old belt I has no use for. I usually avoid chunky acrylic beads as they look cheap, but I liked the way these colours worked together. Also where the beads are faceted like crystals, they look a little bit classier. I threaded this together with some help from Little […]
As we have now entered the month of Shawwal, many of us will be attempting to fast the six nawafil fasts for this months, anyone who has done this before, will know it is not easy, especially as the shayateen (devils) are now unchained and you suddenly feel hungry all the time.Working Muslim’s and Muslimah’s […]
