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April 2015

April 22, 2015

Rotten Oranges

Pfffft! My eighteen-month-old son, Ibrahim, spit an orange slice out of his mouth. A few...

March 2015

March 10, 2015

Does Mama Know Best?

His eyes bulged, his jaw dropped, and he clapped his hands excitedly as he jumped...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

GrowMama Blast from the Past: Salah Club

Everyone likes to feel like they belong to something special. I noticed the children at...

February 25, 2014

GrowBaba Blast from the Past: My Mom Promised Me A Skyline

Growbaba spotlights provide a space for Muslim fathers to share their voice, reflections, and insights...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

GrowMama Blast from the Past: Drawing a Hadith

I recently moved a bookshelf into my kitchen, so that the children could have easy...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

A Beautiful Moment

My husband and I had a beautiful moment the other day, thanks to the kindness...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

The Ultimate Gift

Growing up, I was a part of a big North Jersey Muslim community. There were...

April 2013

April 08, 2013

The Landlord and the Tenant

Moving is not easy. It's even more difficult when you've left behind a perfectly well-formed...

March 2013

March 04, 2013

Grow Baba Spotlight: The Visiting Professor

I often feel guilty when it comes to my kids. I know I don’t spend...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Flawless Imperfection

It was a dark night, with the moon nowhere to be seen. We were driving...

February 07, 2013

GrowMama Round Up: Talking to kids about friends with bad influences

A young girl asked her elder female relatives about advice for dealing with friends that...

February 04, 2013

Please Don’t Look Away

My four and half year old daughter Sarina has twinkling brown eyes, beautiful long, black...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Better Hands than Mine

My Experience with Vaginal Birth after C-Section I had just arrived at my obstetrician’s office...

January 14, 2013

Unsettled

Perhaps it is because of recent events, personal strife or the gloomy winter season- this...

October 2012

October 15, 2012

Heartbreak

You know that feeling. That once in a while feeling that "I've got this under...

August 2011

August 21, 2011

By Heart

It was a peaceful night last night. Besides for my munchkin being fast asleep, I...

August 11, 2011

A Mother’s Guilt

Every night around 11PM, as soon as my 1-year old son begins calling for me...

August 09, 2011

Growmama Roundup: How To Train Children To Fast

We asked two of our Growmama writers to share with us how they train their children...

July 2011

July 21, 2011

Ramadan: A Month of Reflection and Renewal for the Soul

A month of fasting from all food and drink from sunrise to sunset may not...

July 18, 2011

Setting SMART Goals for Ramadan

Nothing beats sitting down and writing out your goals in hopes of achieving them. In...

July 11, 2011

A Day at the Park

There are days when the human spirit cannot be confined to walls and gadgetry. It...

June 2011

June 23, 2011

Sadness, Depression, and Prophet Musa (as)

I was sitting at home a while ago, the third day into the Snowmageddon of...

June 20, 2011

Implementing Qur’anic Verses and Ahadith

We asked some of our GrowMama writers to share a hadith or aya from the Qur'an...

June 16, 2011

The Little Gremlin

I always used to drive really fast; much faster than the speed limit. Driving was...

June 13, 2011

Blissful Moments

What is the meaning of joy? Does it mean you can eat ice cream all...

April 2011

April 17, 2011

Resentment or Reward?

I have a vision of how I want to earn the pleasure of Allah (swt)....

April 11, 2011

The “D” word

It feels like drowning in the dark, and you don't know how to swim. Sometimes...

March 2011

March 24, 2011

Jannah

Tears streamed down my little ones eyes as they said goodbye to their grandparents yet...

March 20, 2011

Then it Struck me: I am reborn…

Since my son has opened his eyes to the new, blurry to his eyes, world,...

March 15, 2011

Defining the World, Defining You, My Son

My eldest, who is fascinated with lists comparing largest tsunamis or most populated cities...