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  • A to Z April Challenge,  Islamic Books

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (H) – Positive Parenting in the Muslim Home

    April 25, 2023 /

    Welcome to our A-Z series on inspirational reads for Muslim women! Today, we'll be exploring "Positive Parenting in the Muslim Home," a book that offers valuable insights and practical advice on raising children by combining Islamic principles with the Positive Parenting Method.

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    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (C): Communicating with Allah – Rediscovering Prayer

    April 3, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (E) – Educating Muslim Women

    April 7, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (A) – A Temporary Gift

    April 2, 2023
  • A to Z April Challenge,  Books,  Islamic Books

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (G) – Great Women Of Islam

    April 10, 2023 /

    Welcome to yet another post in the series - Muslim Women’s Bookshelf: An A-Z Guide to Inspirational Reads where we review the book - Great Women of Islam - who were given the good news of Paradise.

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    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (D) – Don’t Be Sad

    April 5, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (C): Communicating with Allah – Rediscovering Prayer

    April 3, 2023
    A to Z Arabic Words in English

    The wor(l)d of Algebra

    April 1, 2014
  • A to Z April Challenge,  Books,  Islamic Books

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (F) – For Those Left Behind

    April 9, 2023 /

    Welcome to our latest blog post on A-Z of inspirational reads for Muslim Women. In this post, we'll explore "For Those Left Behind" by Omar Suleiman, a compassionate guide to grief and loss.

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    ISLAMIC BOOKS

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (B) – Earning Barakah: An Islamic Guide to Blessed Sustenance

    April 3, 2023

    A-Z April Blogging Challenge: Theme Reveal

    April 1, 2023
    A to Z arabic words in english

    A to Z Challenge – Theme Reveal

    March 26, 2014
  • ISLAMIC BOOKS
    A to Z April Challenge,  Books,  Islamic Books

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (B) – Earning Barakah: An Islamic Guide to Blessed Sustenance

    April 3, 2023 /

    Welcome to the latest instalment in our series on A-Z inspirational reads! In this post, we’ll be reading about the book, "Earning Barakah : An Islamic Guide to Blessed Sustenance" by Ismail Kamdar

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    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (F) – For Those Left Behind

    April 9, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (A) – A Temporary Gift

    April 2, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (C): Communicating with Allah – Rediscovering Prayer

    April 3, 2023
  • A to Z April Challenge,  Books,  Faith,  Islamic Books

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (A) – A Temporary Gift

    April 2, 2023 /

    Welcome to the latest instalment in our series on A-Z inspirational reads for Muslim women! In this post, we'll be exploring Asmaa Hussein's "A Temporary Gift," a powerful novel that explores the themes of grief, loss, and resilience.

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    ISLAMIC BOOKS

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (B) – Earning Barakah: An Islamic Guide to Blessed Sustenance

    April 3, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (H) – Positive Parenting in the Muslim Home

    April 25, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (F) – For Those Left Behind

    April 9, 2023
  • Letters,  Motherhood

    Beauty-talk.

    April 2, 2015 /

    This post is part of the A to Z April Challenge. My theme for the month is ‘ Letters to my unborn child ‘. Dear baby, Of late, I dream of your features. Your smile. Your face. Your eyes. Who will you resemble? Me, your dad, your (late) paternal grandpa? What will the shade of your colour be? As much as I hate to bring to your attention about the concept of ‘skin colour’, being from the Indian community,  I know I should be the first one who should teach you to appreciate all 64 shades of human skin. Being on lighter spectrum should not make you feel privileged neither…

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    An Ode to my daughter

    An ode to my daughter #2

    October 8, 2018
    Letters to daughter from mom

    Letters to my daughter #6

    August 25, 2016
    Letters to my daughter

    Letters to my daughter #8

    September 18, 2017
  • Letters,  Motherhood

    A beginning

    April 1, 2015 /

    This post is part of the A to Z April Challenge. My theme for the month is ‘Letters to my unborn child’. Dear baby, The first word I, your dad and grandma uttered when we came to know of your existence inside me is “Alhamdulilah” All Praise be to God. Merely that knowledge of your two-cell existence has bought immense joy and happiness into our lives. When you are 16 and feeling lonely, remember there were two people who have prayed for you even before your were born…even before they had met each other! Nearly four years ago, after going for a routine check-up to a gynecologist, she uttered the…

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    Letters to my daughter

    Letters to my daughter #8

    September 18, 2017
    Living by the beach

    Living by the beach.

    February 3, 2020
    The first grandchild of the family is always welcomes with much fanfare and adulation

    Amna

    January 13, 2014
  • Letters

    Theme reveal – A to Z Challenge

    March 23, 2015 /

    As like last year, in the whim of a blogging frenzy I signed up for the A to Z Challenge. Last year’s theme was A to Z of Arabic words in English. It suited my tagline and the exact reason of why I started this blog – my love for words. Much has changed in my personal life over the gap of a year. It has been an exhilarating roller-coaster ride. Alhamdulilah. Hence this year’s theme will be more closer home. More personal. More intimate. I have tried to keep my personal life away from the online world. Yet it is words that calm me. So I come back to…

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    The first grandchild of the family is always welcomes with much fanfare and adulation

    Amna

    January 13, 2014
    Living by the beach

    Living by the beach.

    February 3, 2020
    Letters to my daughter

    Letters to my daughter #7

    January 3, 2017
  • A to Z April Challenge

    Zero to Hero !

    April 30, 2014 /

    This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin. The digit which in itself has no value yet increases the value of another digit manifold, when placed after it. Yes, I finish my A to Z Challenge with ZERO ! (I shall catch up on all the comments and blog posts in the next few weeks, iA! Thank you all for stopping by over my blog and leaving your encouraging comments)

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    A to Z arabic words in english

    A to Z Challenge – Theme Reveal

    March 26, 2014

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (A) – A Temporary Gift

    April 2, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (D) – Don’t Be Sad

    April 5, 2023
  • A to Z April Challenge

    Yemen

    April 30, 2014 /

    This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin. ….we are nearly at the end of this long 26 days Challenge ! Today’s post is about the name of a Middle Eastern country. (Possibly,  the name suggests the georgraphic location of Yemen on the southernmost tip of Arabian Peninsula. Another tradition suggests the word derives from the expression al-Yumn which means grace and blessing.)

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    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (E) – Educating Muslim Women

    April 7, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (H) – Positive Parenting in the Muslim Home

    April 25, 2023
    ISLAMIC BOOKS

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (B) – Earning Barakah: An Islamic Guide to Blessed Sustenance

    April 3, 2023
  • A to Z April Challenge

    Xebec, it is !

    April 28, 2014 /

    This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin. X-day might be one of the most difficult one in the A to Z Challenge. I am quite surprised to find an actual word beginning with X which has an Arabic origin. (Initially, I was planning to be cheeky and use X-ray for today, connecting the Algebraic X And Arabic origin :P) Xebec – a small three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship.

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    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (F) – For Those Left Behind

    April 9, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (C): Communicating with Allah – Rediscovering Prayer

    April 3, 2023

    A-Z April Blogging Challenge: Theme Reveal

    April 1, 2023
  • A to Z April Challenge

    Picturesque Wadi

    April 26, 2014 /

    This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin. Wadi al Sail. Wadi Rum. Wadi al Seer. Wadi Musa. Many towns and places in the Arab world have their names beginning with Wadi. Apparently, Wadi is an entry in  the Oxford English Dictionary too ! Wadi – (In certain Arabic-speaking countries) a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season (OED)

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    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (D) – Don’t Be Sad

    April 5, 2023
    A to Z arabic words in english

    A to Z Challenge – Theme Reveal

    March 26, 2014

    A-Z April Blogging Challenge: Theme Reveal

    April 1, 2023
  • A to Z April Challenge

    V for Vizier

    April 25, 2014 /

    This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin. Vizier – The only place I have come across this word commonly is while reading Akbar and Birbal stories as a child.

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    A-Z April Blogging Challenge: Theme Reveal

    April 1, 2023

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (E) – Educating Muslim Women

    April 7, 2023
    ISLAMIC BOOKS

    Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (B) – Earning Barakah: An Islamic Guide to Blessed Sustenance

    April 3, 2023
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