The Imam’s Daughter

After i finished teaching on Sunday morning, we took off for a mini-vacation at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge MA. It was only 1 1/2 hour drive and it was the kids nap time so they slept through it and it went fast and smooth. It is a re-created 1800’s village, but the buildings and […]

For 4 years i lived in a dark, half-way under the ground basement apartment that only had windows in the kitchen and one bedroom. To make matters worse, my husband insisted that we get thick, dark draperies to cover the windows. Being a hijabi, i could never open the draperies or else someone might see […]

* When they fall asleep in your arms
* Comforting them after a fall or scare
* When they finally learn how to latch on properly and nurse
* Seeing the world anew through your child’s eyes
* When they are outside and hear an airplane or a bird and they look up to find it
* When they look […]

Teaching in the Sunday School is one of the things that got me to think that maybe sending my daughter to school next year wasn’t such a good idea after all. I witnessed some things among the students that really turned me off to schools in general. The teasing, the fighting, the bad language, the […]

This was my comment for Umm Zaynab’s recent Blog entry “Having Kids While Young” last Wed May 4, but i’ve expanded it.
It is regarding the issue of a person not being able to decide what they want to do for the rest of their life at the age of 18.
Something to keep in mind is […]