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February 2010

February 14, 2010
It started out when she smiled at me, so thankfully.  It made me feel bad. ...
February 11, 2010
My husband was hospitalized last month with pneumonia. He had gone to work as usual...
February 08, 2010
How I dread grocery shopping alone with my girls. I will put it off. I...
February 04, 2010
I’m dedicating this one to my aunties. Auntie, khala, tante, whatever you call them, they...
February 01, 2010
Growing up in the big city made the transition to small town America very difficult...

January 2010

January 28, 2010
My husband's work badge was missing. It was a weekend, so we weren't too worried....
January 25, 2010
It's the little things that people do, that have others praying for them, without them...
January 21, 2010
I love trees. I love to gaze at them, sit under them, draw them, study...
January 18, 2010
A Father's Reflection I opened my palms in prayer at the end of the Friday...
January 18, 2010
A convoy from Islamic Relief left for Haiti two days ago.  This is the first...
January 14, 2010
In many places in the Muslim community, and indeed within many Muslim families, we are...
January 11, 2010
I had the pleasure during my first Hajj experience to have a scholar accompany our...
January 07, 2010
The right cup of tea at the right moment can turn your whole day around....
January 04, 2010
The girls were sitting, On the trunk of the car, Looking at the world, Near...

December 2009

December 31, 2009
I had a hundred things to do in the next thirty minutes, and not a...
December 28, 2009
When I was expecting my first child seven years ago after years of trying to...
December 24, 2009
This may be categorized under the heading ‘too much information’ but I was in the...
December 20, 2009
It felt like a turning point to me, but maybe I’m overanalyzing it. Going through...
December 17, 2009
We do not do Disney Princesses. Growing up a tomboy and then into a student...
December 10, 2009
I ran up the stairs to find my eight year olds’ knitted hat to keep...

November 2009

November 30, 2009
My husband and I have been living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for more than thirty...
November 20, 2009
Dear mothers and sisters, Ramadan was a fleeting visitor that vanished as suddenly as it...
November 15, 2009
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "The believer is the believer's mirror, and...
November 12, 2009
Okay, so I never thought I would ever be writing about Angelina Jolie, but here...
November 09, 2009
I’m a big fan of thick, hearty, creamy soups.And now that it’s autumn, and butternut...
November 04, 2009
Umm Al Sa'ad of Alexandria Her students When asked about her students Umm Al-Sa'ad said:...
November 01, 2009
Umm Al-Sa'ad was born into a poor family in a town called Bandaariya, one of...

October 2009

October 29, 2009
This is a special three-part series translated from an Arabic article by one of our...
October 24, 2009
I smile while I watch them playing in the park. Asmaa doing exactly what her...
October 15, 2009
Napoleon supposedly first pronounced those words when he heard his soldiers boasting at night of...
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