I am on jury service this fortnight, so have been doing a lot of reading and some clearing of e-mails and work e-mails.  One of the things that always makes me anxious when I am in a new place is where there will be place to make ablution or somewhere to pray. I called the […]

I got an interesting e-mail a few weeks ago, rebuking me for being a bad Muslim because my family have big weddings and for wasting money when people are suffering across the world. Basically, saying I have no shame and should set a better example. I haven’t got around to replying yet…but where do I […]

We have visited Hewitt’s Farm most summers since I was a little girl.  This is a pick your own fruit and veg farm and usually we go in early summer during Strawberry season or late summer/early Autumn when the orchards are ready (apples, pears and plums).  This year we managed to miss strawberry season, but had […]

I created the Muslimah Life Planner 2019  by taking the best of the techniques, tools and planners and journals I have used over the years to try and manage my life better. I have built on previous versions to make this the biggest and best version yet insha’Allah. This year  The Muslimah Life Planner 2019 is 451 pages […]

As the weather has been so lovely I thought I would take the kids out visiting. It was only when I got to my mum’s house that I realised what Gorgeous was wearing on his feet!His grandmother put them on him at his insistence and just bundled him into the pram. Everyone tried to explain […]

Assalam-alaikam,this post is to ask for advice and suggestions.We are hoping to visit friends in Scotland this weekend. They have just moved to Glasgow, so we hope to spend a day there and then take them with us to Edinburgh so that we can spend another day there.Any suggestions on where we should visit? I’m […]

I am currently reading Parenting Skills: Based on the Qur’an and Sunnah by Dr Ekram and Dr Mohamed Rida Beshir. Something that surprised me was that they did not start with childcare tips, or parenting advice but with the idea of self-review or “mohasabah”, or reviewing what you have done every day. Although this was […]

I received two interesting comments yesterday that made me think. The first was from one of my husband’s “auntie” – a lady who calls him her son and who he helps out on occasion with chores and DIY. She sees me as her daughter-in-law; because we all need more than one mum-in-law…. She came to […]

Assalam-alaikam, The newest edition of Aaila, the Muslim Family magazine is now out. I really enjoyed writing my column this month (10 Lessons to Make Parenting Easier), I hope you enjoy reading it too. An extract is below and the full column is here. “This year marked ten years of me being a working mother, […]

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It took me until about day three of Ramadan, but I finally got some time to do some decorations with my youngest two. We took ages to choose the colour and paper we wanted to use and then couldn’t find enough of one colour of ribbon. The paper is from a very pretty stack from […]

For a number of reasons I have been trying to eat more healthily (heading for 30, trying to set a good example for the kids, could probably do with being a stone lighter and hubby and Little Lady are hinting they would like to see a baby girl come to our house(!!)).I fall down most […]

I’ve been in Pakistan for four days now and it already feels like a lifetime, not because I am bored, but because of the sheer intensity of the experience. I think the words “sensory overload” would be an understatement. From the moment we left Allama Iqbal International Airport to travel home to Shalimar in Lahore […]

I remember being a teen and sometimes getting unwanted attention, probably at a younger age than was appropriate.  I remember being a teen and being aware of my many perceived flaws alongside a cocky arrogance about my youth and how skinny I was.  Despite these things, I would rather have been a teen then than […]