I bought this book for Long Suffering Sister on Eid and recently she handed it back to me to read. I asked her what she thought and she thought it should be one I read myself and come to my own conclusions as she was undecided. Having read the book, I can understand why. In […]
Some people are good at taking advice, using their common sense and being sensible and realistic. Others seem to learn the hard way. Sometimes I fall into the first category, but when it comes to being pregnant, I always seem to fall into the second category. I refuse to accept that I will be slower […]
Something that has been winding me up recently has been the way every time someone mentions the genocide in Gaza, some little fanatic pipes up with how Muslims conveniently don’t see what is happening in Darfur, that we are a bunch of racists and we should put our own house in order etc etc.Whilst I […]
Alhamdulillah Sister Rainbow was kind enough to invite me to Sister Ammena’s Henna night. I arrived to find the house full of guests and Sis Rainbow had obviously gone to some trouble to decorate. I had soooo much fun meeting them both and also Sis Mina of Humble Muslimah who was very sweet and a […]
It was the 75th anniversary of VE day yesterday (Victory in Europe), commemorating the sacrifices and hardship or a generation now mostly gone. I sometimes think that if the role of the former colonies and their people in the world wars had been properly recognised, perhaps we might have been made a little more welcome […]
Had a ridiculous evening yesterday. After a fairly easy day at work, I decided to pick up a few things on the way home. I ended up with five big pant pots and a bag of compost I couldn’t carry. I dragged them to the bus praying Tasbih Fatimah (RA) to get me there and […]
After completing one application form after another in the last few weeks, I was finally called in to do a test on Monday (describe how you would plan a project to prepare a new policy within a three month timeframe). I managed to pass that and was told yesterday (at 5.30pm) that I had an […]
This is the second, much-awaited novel by the author of The Kite Runner. Longer and covering an even longer span of time in the history of Afghanistan, this book is different in the first instance from The Kite Runner due to the fact that it is written from the viewpoint of women. Where the semi-autobiographic […]
Just an update on my Quran lessons (struggles) with Little Lady. After a very difficult start, a few weeks when I wanted to give up (shaytan reeeeeally pushing it) and about two weeks when the thought of coming home from work and doing an hour with her were really getting to me – we’ve had […]
It came around to that time of year again, the annual garden tidy up. Every year around spring as the weather warms up, I venture out to my little garden and survey the state of it: the mess and toys that the kids have left and the random junk my better half has decided to […]
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 […]
During our last visit to Scotland, we visited Loch Lomond in the Trossachs National Park and loved it. A very nice lady at the visitor centre recommended we visit the village of Luss. This time round dad-in-law was with us, as he hadn’t been before, we decided to visit again. We reached the village and […]
I have never done this before, but I came across the idea in this post by the wonderful Shaunta Grimes: an annual reading list. My goals for 2019 include some books to read as does my 2019 100 things bucket list (although I haven’t got quite to 100 yet 😊). I like the idea and […]
I have adored some of Pullman’s other books; the His Dark Materials trilogy and the Sally Lockhart Quartet in particular, so choosing this book seemed a bit of a no-brainer. The Dark Materials books feel very critical of the church, and religion in general, and so this treatment of the story of Jesus (our Prophet […]
