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Bismillah,It's been a very long time since I updated this blog!!! My sincere apologies to those who enjoy reading it. My only excuse is that I've been super duper busy and I barely get much time to myself online. So, I guess the first thing to do is give everyone a lil update:1) I switched jobs and now am teaching in King Saud Uni. I really enjoy what I'm doing and I'm really happy at my new

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Bismillah,Ramadan Kareem!I'm back from my hectic and fun-filled summer vacation. It included a short stay with my parents in Oman, a week in Vancouver, a weekend in Ottawa, and 3 weeks in Toronto. Highlights of my trip included: going to Canada's Wonderland, taking an Al-Maghrib class (tafseer Juz tabarak), meeting all my old friends, visiting Victoria, Whistler and Vancouver city. I do have lots

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Bismillah,I know I've been away for a while and its mainly because I've been extremely busy. I'm on a short vacation in Oman, visiting my parents and sister, and tonight Insha'allah I'll be flying to Canada for a much awaited summer holiday. I should be staying in Mississauga for the most part, and Inshallah a week in Vancouver, perhaps a weekend in Ottawa. I'm quite excited since I have a direct

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Bismillah, Image by uberbeam via Flickr I'm updating my blog layout and theme, please bear with me!And feel free to comment on what u think of my new style!

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Bismillah,Allah (swt) says, in Surah Ma’oon:أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِفَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَوَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِTranslation: Have you seen the one who denies the Repayment? For that is the one who drives away the orphan, and does not encourage the feeding of the poor. [Surah Ma'oon, verses 1-3]Notice the connection here–verse one, the one who denies

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Bismillah,The last couple of weeks have been going really well Alhamdulillah. My job is winding down to a close for the summer and my husband and I have some pretty awesome plans for the summer holidays! So far we've decided on spending a week in Vancouver, a weekend in Ottawa and the rest of the time in good ol' T. dot... a place that was my home for many years. On my way to Canada, I should be

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Bismillah,As promised, here are some of the pictures that I took on my trips around the GCC including my latest Umrah trip.Hope you like em :) Strange, large fish at Dubai Aquarium Fish kissing shark? Or heading for collision Madinat Jumeira at

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Bismillah,In a short answer: everywhere!!!Let me expand. Since I last posted on my blog, it seems as if my life here in KSA got slightly hectic and interesting! Well, to be more accurate, you can say that I actually have a bit of a social life now, and just since last week, I seem to have landed myself a job as well. So Alhamdulillah things are moving forward in the right direction! I've been

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Bismillah,The following is a really intersting article that I found online about happenings in Saudi... At first, after reading it, I laughed! To be honest, I've heard some really over-the-top stories about the Hai'a, or as they're more "affectionately" termed, the Muttawwa! And I've also witnessed some of their "da'wah" techniques in malls and other public places that are not so pleasant to

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Bismillah, I've been incredibly busy these days and am now at a point where i can share my news with you! *deep breath...*After the overwhelming response to my abaya collection, I've decided to take the responses to a new level.I am launching a new website business, Insha'Allah, that will showcase my abayas to the world!Anyone can order any of my abayas from my website, and I will be able to ship

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Bismillah,It started raining in Riyadh on Wednesday. At first it was light, but then yesterday it started pouring and slowly the streets started filling up. The road outside our building turned into a river of fast moving water, and I watched in fascination as it thundered and poured all afternoon and evening. People from the surrounding buildings were all standing outside, watching the rain come

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Bismillah, I'm up and blogging again from Riyadh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia! The past two months have been super hectic and completely crazy, but now that the dust has settled (literally and figuratively speaking), I've finally got hi speed Internet at home, and I'm really excited to be back in the blogger world. Important achievements:- I survived the wedding and all the post-wedding

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As Salaamu Alaykum one and all!I'm re-surfacing for a short post about my current situation, and since this is the first time I'm able to check my mail since I left, I thought I'd let everyone know how I'm doing!First of all, I'd like to thank EVERYONE who commented on my last post, I can't reply to everyone personally, so I'm hoping u guys get this message: Thank you for your kind words and duas

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Bismillah,Insha'allah, in about 10 mins, I'm gonna be heading out the door to catch a plane and will be travelling to a mystery location (u hate my secretive behaviour) for my walima, and then arriving in Riyadh by the end of this month.Hopefully, I'll be able to blog from my secret location, otherwise you'll see me back online and blogging frantically, from my new home in KSA.I haven't forgotten

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They came from opposite sides of the wire - one a prisoner, the other a guard in the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention camp. But today Moazzam Begg and Christopher Arendt have met as friends. It's a remarkable symbol of unity in the week when President Obama signed the order to close the camp that shamed the US.The ex-inmate and the ex-soldier are now on a lecture tour, continuing in Leeds

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Sooo, i've been tagged for the very first time ever, by my very special friend at: Ammena's Adventures ! Yes, I feel special :) (and as u can guess, i'm also excited...)Before I begin, I should mention that my girl Ammena n I met a few years back when we were both in Mississauga, Canada. I remember goin to her cozy, little place in Mississauga a couple times. Unfortunately we only met twice

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I’m sure we’ve all heard the clichés about the importance of good communication in marriage. From a personal perspective, I’ve known about it for a long time, but I never really understood the meaning of the word “communication”. Communication means talking... so as long as we talk to each other, everything should be ok? Not quite. Just recently I had an interesting experience whilst talking to

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Bismillah,I've been hunting around in Muscat for different stores that sell abayas, which might be interested in shipping their goods the US/UK/Canada/Australia. Unfortunately, I didn't get much feedback from them about sending their goods out of the Middle East, so I've been sitting at home and brainstorming about ways of doing it myself.I came up with two options that I thought I might share

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After much thought I've decided to do a fashion post!...Ya its not really me, but I thought I'd give everyone an idea about abayas in the Middle East, more specifically in Oman. I've been back visiting my parents in Oman for almost a year, and insha'allah next month it will be time for me to move on to Riyadh. Before I leave in a couple weeks for my walima, I've decided to take pictures of some

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Israel, you can not put a chain on the ankle of a Palestinian,without finding that the other end is fastened to your neck.

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Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and Chief of the Messengers, and upon all his family and companions (The true followers of his Sunnah).Allah's sacred month of Muharram is a blessed and important month. It is the first month of the Hijri calendar and is one of the four sacred months concerning which Allah

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On the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, who said: I heard the messenger of Allah salallahu alayhi wa sallam say: "Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest of faith." Related by Muslim.For the past couple of days, I have been silently

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All praise is due to Allah, who reminds his slaves that their lives have an appointed time and that the successful ones are those who are saved from the Fire and entered into Paradise, when He says:"Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The

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A view from the Dhow as we cruised along the creek. Another view of the creek side. The entrance of Atlantis Hotel in Palm Jumeira another view of Atlantis Hotel Festival City Mall, this is a view from the canal that runs outside it Another view from the Canal by Festival City Mall This is the view of the Burj al Arab hotel, from Madinatul Jumeira, which is right behind it. Inside the Medinatul

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I've been away from blogging for a while, mainly due to Eid holidays and other family priorities, so I thought I'd blog about what's been going on lately! We spent our Eid holidays in Dubai, which was Alhamdulillah very nice, and quite the refreshing change from the dreariness of the shopping scene in Oman. Since I've been away from the Middle East for about 4 years, I wasn't able to experience

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Alhamdulillaah, the blessed days are here again, and I've found myself wanting to increase my Ibaadah in order to come closer to Allah (swt). May Allah (swt) bless the pilgrims who heading towards Makkah and grant them all, Hajj Mabroor. Ameen.Among the many blessings of Allah (swt), are that the Hajj season falls during a very cool and pleasant time of the year this year, and Inshallah next year

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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضۡلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَڪۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشۡڪُرُون Indeed God is the possessor of bounty for all people but most people do not give thanks. [Al-Baqara 2: 243.]The past few days have been quite a roller coaster of emotions for me:-I had to solve a big problem of getting my stuff to my final destination (Riyadh) in the fastest, easiest and cheapest way possible.-

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Part of my previous post, entitled "The Descent of Humanity...?" included a brief description of Prisoner 650 who has been held in Bagram Prison, Afghanistan and subjected to the most brutal of tortures and punishments. The description of her torture is spine chilling and brain numbing.We should all include this unknown prisoner in our prayers and duas. Recently Yvonne Ridley as well as many

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I love researching current world events and happenings.Something that's been on my mind for a while is the situation in the US concerning the capture and detainment of an American-Pakistani woman, a PhD from MIT who was quietly captured in Pakistan by American authorities, smuggled off with her 3 young children to Bagram Prison in Afghanistan, and then eventually to America.Her 2 children remain

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Hi speed Internet + no responsibilities = bliss Or so I thought... Imagining my life upon my return to Muscat, I dreamt of days relaxing on my couch, a bowl of snacks on my left, multiple remote controls on my right, and in front of me my best friend... (unfortunately that title has only been reserved for those in the 'gadget' category, currently my laptop)After 3 months of the above, I am now

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