London is a completely different place at night: spooky, sparkly, exciting and romantic by turn. Apologies for the bad pictures, this is the best I could do with my camera-phone from a moving car. We decided to take the kids to the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. We finally got there and managed to find […]
No matter how bad things get in Pakistan or what people have to contend with, come the 14th August, everyone is in great spirits and celebrating with enthusiasm. Where I live in East London, my neighbourhood goes crazy and all of the Pakistani’s come out. It’s 1am here and the drummers and the sports cars […]
It was nice having the last few days off. Waking up at a sensible time, making sure the children have had a proper breakfast, dropping and picking them from school, keeping up with housekeeping, getting some much needed rest and spending time playing and cuddling with my little one. I even managed to pick up […]
A few weeks ago Shutterbug Sister asked if I wanted to take the kids to Sea Life London Aquarium. Both Little Lady and Little Man had been there on school trips and Shutterbug had been there before and taken some gorgeous pics, so I was really keen. I have taken the kids on a train […]
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 […]
I had a terrible morning today and then had light-bulb moment through my tears. Part of my job involves dealing with all of the services provided by the borough and to help me with this, every service has a representative, most of who are lovely and respond to politeness even when they are grumpy. There […]
A good friend once told me she experienced guilt because after trying to have conceive for many years, when she finally had children, she found she didn’t like it much sometimes. It’s not something anyone wants to admit. Sometimes people don’t like being parents. I find I love being a mum, but occasionally find myself […]
I got a call from my mum yesterday afternoon, she sounded upset. She had called me to tell me that there had been a massive bomb blast in Lahore, in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park and she was worried about my in-laws. Having no TV this was the first I had heard. I tried to get hold […]
One of the reasons I started this blog was to see if there were other women in a similar position to me out there (other reasons include I’m a bit of a show-off astaghfirullah and also that I was inspired by the likes of the wonderful Sunni Sister, Umar Lee, Writeous Sister Speaks, Precious Modesty […]
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 […]
Who in your life are you grateful for? It would be easier to ask who I am not grateful for. I believe that everyone that comes into our life, helpful or harmful, does so for a reason. They either give us comfort, or they force us to grow in some way. I am grateful for […]
The latest edition of Aaila, the Muslim Family Magazine is out now. This edition is extra special for two reasons: It focusses on helping us to prepare for Ramadan and it is also the second anniversary issue. Mash’Allah as always it is packed with great articles, columns and reviews from brothers and sisters. Here’s an extract from my column:”When my first […]
I am part of the Facebook group for Multi-Cultural Kids Blogs, where there are lots of pointers to useful resources, people asking interesting questions and conducting research amongst the member bloggers and lots of debate and discussion. Recently someone posted a link to this article on the very popular Babycentre website which discusses fasting during […]
We had great fun on the second day of Eid, helping the kids to test their new toys out. They were in the garden for ages keeping out of both grandmothers’ hair. I loved that they had to pump this toy up first, kept them occuppied for a while. Just about everyone had a go […]
