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Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (H) – Positive Parenting in the Muslim Home
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 (G) – Great Women Of Islam
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 (F) – For Those Left Behind
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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Muslim Women’s Bookshelf (B) – Earning Barakah: An Islamic Guide to Blessed Sustenance
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 (A) – A Temporary Gift
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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Beauty-talk.
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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A beginning
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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Theme reveal – A to Z Challenge
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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Zero to Hero !
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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Yemen
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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Xebec, it is !
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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Picturesque Wadi
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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V for Vizier
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.