We are hoping this month to (finally) visit my brother’s intended and formally ask for her hand insh’Allah. With this in mind, me and my sisters spent the weekend discussing what preparations were required (my brother being oblivious and my parents behaving like rabbits caught in headlights every time marriage is mentioned).Eventually we headed out […]
I want to see my midwife this week and it was not the most reassuring experience. Despite turning up on time and waiting patiently, when I finally went in she said “I was just about to go, I thought you were not coming?” I smiled and told her we had been outside the whole time. […]
As the school holidays were coming to an end, we decided to take the kids to Kew Gardens. It turned out to be a lovely day out, we spent five hours trekking around exhausting them and still managed to see only half of the attractions (I was so disappointed to miss the tree-top walk). It […]
Long-Suffering Sister introduced me to Isabel Allende and I find that she is rarely emphatic about a book, so I thought this author would be worth checking out. Although Allende is famous for “House of Spirits”, her writing has not really registered on my radar and I had no expectations except for the hope that […]
There are some good things about having a trainee teacher for a sister (Fashionista Sister), she gets to practice her lessons on the kids and they benefit from the methods she is learning about. On the other hand she also gets to practice things like her dodgy face-painting on them…(although I do think the moustache […]
My best friend gave me this book some time ago knowing how much I loved books. I kept it for just the right occasion/purpose to use and the other day this presented itself. Mash’Allah, Little Lady is turning into a little bibliophile too and loves to talk about what she is reading. I suggested she […]
My little cousin T has been blogging on and off for a little while, but looks like his blogging has really taken off. I finally got the chance to work my way through my e-mailss and found a few from him with links to his blogs and videos that he had made (that really impressed […]
I have always been a keen reader of the blogs of both Brother Umar Lee and Brother Yusuf Matthews, finding their blogs interesting and insightful. Recently however some of what is emerging in their blogs has troubled me. Brother Umar posted this, which was responded to by Brother Yusuf with this. What followed was this […]
One of the things me and my best friend have been talking a lot about recently has been our attempts to please others and the disabling effect this can have on us.I realised when I was in my late teens, that getting over that desperate childhood craving for the approval of my parents in everything […]
One of the things me and my best friend have been talking a lot about recently has been our attempts to please others and the disabling effect this can have on us.I realised when I was in my late teens, that getting over that desperate childhood craving for the approval of my parents in everything […]
Something to wear (Kooks bought this for me and I haven’t had the opportunity to wear it): Somthing to wear with it (I went with the deep pink ones in the end): More bling… …and another outing for my fave shoes: I was worried these wouldn’t much (they were similar to the colour of the […]
I have lost count of the number of times I have been told by people that I am too strict, that I am too religious, that my children will dress modestly or pray when they are older. This is usually directed at my lack of a TV, my encouraging my daughter to pray with me, […]
What looked like a long and challenging Ramadan at the beginning is already two thirds finished. We have the last asharah (third) left and insh’Allah I am keen to try and make the most of it. Day 18 – In Your Kitchen Had lots of fun preparing an iftari for the street, mum-in-laws pakora’s (onion […]
One of the things about wearing hijab that can annoy the heck out of sisters or elicit the most amusement is the never-ending and random questions that we get asked. “Why do you wear that?” is the usual one, but then there is “Do you take it off when you get home? Does your family […]
