I have been making slow headway with Little Lady in teaching her Quran and so have decided to start Little Man off as well. I’m not sure how good the timing is as he is due to start nursery next week insh’Allah. Part of the reason was that I was having a problem with teaching […]

I often get asked to review apps, so when a friend asked me to recommend some good app, especially Islamic themed Apps, I thought I would start reviewing them now and again.  The first one is Muslim Quiz & Games PRO – Islamic Academy by Tentacle Solutions. I don’t have an ipad or tablet and […]

We’ve added some new items to our online shop that we absolutely love.   Our signature large kundan-style adjustable rings are now back in stock in pink and teal green: We also have  some new accessories: There are also new hijab pins:    Just click on any of the images to go to the shop. […]

We first visited these bubble like structures eight years ago and had a wonderful time.  It was a pleasure to go back, especially if it meant getting out of the rain for a few hours and pretending we were somewhere very hot and sunny. Do you know where this is?  Have you been and what […]

I absolutely loved this article (http://afrocentric-muslimah.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-books-have-taught-me.html ) on Sister Saaleha’s blog AfroCentric Muslimah and it totally inspired me (I agree with her comment about Dan Brown).Books have always been my window on the world. I come from a conservative South Asian background and grew up with restrictions on most places I could go alone as […]

Little Man is a people-pleaser and he loves to help me and impress me with things he has done at school.  He has been telling me about having to make a purse as part of the India theme they are studying at school.  Yesterday he pulled this out of his book bag and handed it […]

I am sure I am not the only one watching events unfold in Pakistan at the moment, feeling horrified and helpless. Anjelina Jolie recently hit the nail on the head when she said that many people wanted to help but were unsure about the best way to help. Of course there are charities trying to […]

The quote for Day 19 of Ramadan from my box of things to think about is: “Hold onto your Salah because if you lose that then you will lose everything .” ~ Umar Al Farooq (Radi-Allahu anhu) I recall when two of my brothers-in-laws lived with us some years back, my husband would wake them for fajr […]

I was asked recently by online modest fashion brand Hidden Pearl to review some hijabs for them.  They sent me six hijabs to test out. The first type was a plain crinkle hijab in army green and dusky pink.  I liked the colour selection on the website or this hijab, this pink in particular was easy to wear and went with lots of things.  The […]

We are a household of honey lovers with honey gracing our cupboards from both abroad (Pakistan and Czech Republic) and local (Essex and Kent honey’s), some bought and some gifted to us.  We use it on toast, in green and herbal teas and as medicine for sore throats and coughs. So when I was asked […]

I have been meaning to catch up with blogging and my blogging and blog-reading sisters for ages. After three months of feeling exhausted and so nauseous, I have been spending most of my time lying down, last Monday I woke up feeling…normal.I was both amazed and extremely grateful. I remember when I suffered nausea with […]

Assalam-alaikam everyone, just a note to apologise to anyone who reads this blog regularly and had wondered where it had gone. Like a complete plank I managed to allow my domain registration to expire and didn’t realise until a Muslim dating (!?) service turned up at my old address. I was mortified. I had been […]

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 […]

After a hectic Eid day which had me standing in the kitchen most of the day, I spent the second day of Eid at my mum’s.  This is my favourite thing about Eid – eating the best food I will taste all year, cooked by my mum’s hands, hanging out with my sisters and sister-in-law […]