You know when the ice-cream van drives past your house with its mechanical tune blaring and it suddenly feels like summer? In my house the tune is accompanied by hysterical pleading and harrassment from my children begging for ice-cream before the van goes away.There are two issues with this, I have become so used to […]
I wanted to make some cards for Ramadan and found inspiration at the wonderful Ramadan Joy website, with some easy to make cards (here). I tried to stamp the wording directly onto the card, but couldn’t get the stamp right – either the letters wouldn’t align perfectly or the edges of the stamp would get printed around […]
I started making these banners about two weeks ago and finally finished them today. I basically printed out the letters on MS Word in Ariel Black font in bold and then cut them out carefully. I used Elmers 3D glitter paint pens to colour them in (I picked up a box at a boot sale […]
I was asked my opinion this week about something I had never come across before. A very bright sister I have a lot of affection and respect for was asked by a number of people about what she would be doing about the fact that the fasts this year would last from approximately 2am to […]
Was invited for iftar at my mum’s today. Little Lady suddenly got the urge to wear hijab, she even found a pin to match her outfit and pinned the hijab herself. I got to enjoy mum’s garden in what was probably one of the last warm weekends of the year as we spotted all the […]
One of the things I wanted to do for a long time was learn Arabic so that I could understand the Quran in the language it was revealed and insh’Allah also benefit my children in this way. I started my maternity leave in October, a few weeks before a new Islamic Studies course started locally, […]
I have so far managed to take the news of the spreading swine flue with minimal concern, but the news stories at the moment are a bit worrying. I’m not too fussed myself because I am young and fairly healthy Alhamdulillah. I worry though, about my mum as people with respiratory problems are at higher […]
Have had a testing few days alhamdulillah. My mum has flown out to Pakistan today with her younger sister to be with their dad who is close to passing away. He is in the last stages of lung cancer and in quite some pain. Your dua’s would be very much appreciated for both of them […]
One of the things I wanted to do for a long time was learn Arabic so that I could understand the Quran in the language it was revealed and insh’Allah also benefit my children in this way. I started my maternity leave in October, a few weeks before a new Islamic Studies course started locally, […]
Irish Muslimah recently posed a question on her blog which I thought was very pertinent. She asked what kinds of food people prepare on Eid and how they celebrated. I also recently got into conversation with iMuslimah regarding how we celebrate Eid. It got me thinking about some of my childhood Eid traditions and some […]
One of the things I wanted to do for a long time was learn Arabic so that I could understand the Quran in the language it was revealed and insh’Allah also benefit my children in this way. I started my maternity leave in October, a few weeks before a new Islamic Studies course started locally, […]
After relaxing on the first day of Eid, we decided that the next day we would invite guests to ours. With this in mind, the cooking began nice and early with the two of us (I and hubby) going as quick as we could. There was rice with peas, chicken curry, haleem and kheer (rice […]
The title of this book piqued my curiosity when I swapped it for another book with a friend. I had never heard of it although it is described as a classic.The pair of the title are Ali Khan Shirvanshir a young Muslim aristocrat and Nino Kipiani, a Georgian Christian living in the old-fashioned yet strangely […]
One of the things I wanted to do for a long time was learn Arabic so that I could understand the Quran in the language it was revealed and insh’Allah also benefit my children in this way. I started my maternity leave in October, a few weeks before a new Islamic Studies course started locally, […]
