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August 2018

August 31, 2018

Eighteen

When we drove home (my parents’ home still felt like home to me, even though...

May 2018

May 11, 2018

An Autistic Ramadan – Dhikr in the Dark, Peace in the Prayer

Ramadan was different when D was 11 and autistic. Ramadan was different when D was...

March 2018

March 15, 2018

Guardianship and the Rights of Adulthood

With less then six months to his 18th birthday, the timetable I had laid out...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

6 Ways to Connect With the Hajj

It seems like most Muslims know someone who has gone for the Hajj pilgrimage –...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

6 Ways to Create an Autism-Friendly Ramadan and Eid

This is a guest post from my friend Nakia Jackson, mom to Zak, who is...

April 2017

April 22, 2017

Make His a Life of Ease

This is Day 22 of the Ali Family #AutismTruths – April 22, 2017 Dear God,...

April 02, 2017

An Autism Prayer: Am I Doing the Right Thing? Show Me the Way

This is Day Two of the Ali Family #AutismTruths – April 2, 2017 - World Autism...

December 2016

December 13, 2016

When #NeverAgain becomes Again and Again – How to Help in Syria

As the phrase goes - Never Again. Except it does keep happening. Again. And Again....

September 2015

September 28, 2015

A Muslim #PrayerforEveryone – Prayer Backed with Action to Achieve Global Goals

There is this: "It is He who produces gardens with trellises and without, and dates...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

With Head Bowed, I See the Light

[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Ali Family Autism Truths #23 – What is God’s Truth in All This?

April 23, 2015 -- Autism Awareness Month, Autism Truths #23 It seems like we are...

February 2015

February 04, 2015

The Heavy and the Light

The car line at my son’s autism school can be an emotional roller coaster. I...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Dear Pope Francis, Thanks for Bringing Love to Those with Autism

I was sitting with a group of newcomers, reverts, new and old friends yesterday at...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

How are We Handling the Charge Laid on Us?

The bombs are dropping in Gaza and people are dying. Syrians are being brutally massacred....

July 10, 2014

A Prayer for Mercy

It used to be that the month of Ramadan would come, and it would be...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Autism Doesn’t End Like That

So much -- and so little -- can happen in 30 days. The woods that...

April 08, 2014

Life Goes On

They prayed for my son at Friday prayers last week. Another milestone I never imagined...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Send Thanks

Shukar bhejo, which literally means to “send thanks,” or less literally, send thanks to God...

September 2013

September 11, 2013

9/11 – How Do We Keep Praying When it Often Feels Like too Much?

A dear friend posted the question on social media last night – What is your...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

An Eid without Lil D and Autism

It was a pretty monumental end to Ramadan 2013 for our family, as we celebrated...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

The Fasting Project – Hopefully More Than Ramadan Tourism (List of Posts)

If you scroll social media, read the plethora of Ramadan pieces out there or even...

July 03, 2013

A Ramadan Prayer for Special Needs Families

Am I preparing for Ramadan? Yes and no. With my in-laws out of town right...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

The 15th of Shabaan – Childhood Memories Versus Parenting Decisions

I have very vivid memories of the things we did on the 15th of Sha’ban growing...

June 05, 2013

Remembering the Story of Isra and Miraj

How are your Ramadan preps coming along? In less than 40 days, the holy month...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Where Our Concern Should Be Right Now – With the Victims, Not the Faith of the Perpetrators of Violence

If you’re Muslim, you can’t help but be thinking, oh God – let it not...

April 04, 2013

The Failure of the American Muslim Community to Help Those with Special Needs

“He (Musa) said: ‘Oh my Lord! Expand my breast for me and make my affair...

April 03, 2013

Rabia Chaudry – Why I Am A Muslim

This is a guest post from Rabia Chaudry, who is a columnist for Altmuslim on...

October 2012

October 03, 2012

The Long (Bus) Ride Home

Amongst the many, many prayers I say in my daily salat and scatter throughout the...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Finding His Voice

“Two roads diverged in a woods, and I, I took the one less traveled by,...

September 11, 2012

The View from Up Here – Personal, Global

My husband asked me last night what if I was going to write something about...