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May 2013

May 24, 2013

Reader Questions: Mourning and Funerals

This morning I received this question. I have not yet experienced an Islamic Funeral Service,...

May 17, 2013

I’m Not Alone

The harder conversations go something like this: "If you are harassed or teased and called...

May 02, 2013

Praying, Listening and Reaching Out

You know when you start doing something and then you question your decision and back...

April 2013

April 13, 2013

New Convert, New Wife

Last night, Khaled and I attended a lecture at The New Mosque about relationships between...

April 12, 2013

Imagining and Cultivating Equality

A little over two weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion entitled 'Beyond Reactionary: Imagining...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Crash Course in Islam (the video)

I finally figured out why I couldn't post this video yesterday. So, Voila! Here it...

March 20, 2013

Understanding for the Layperson

I have seen two videos this week that I am thrilled to pass along to...

March 08, 2013

Exploring ‘Spiritually Religious’ and ‘Mommy, Do You Pray?’

Earlier this week, I posted Spiritually Religious, a blog post wherein I talked about my...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

Is it Rude?

Many years ago before my Sister-In-Law first came for a visit, when we were still...

February 12, 2013

Only Him

So, last night when I was feeling particularly crappy about some choices I made, and...

January 2013

January 18, 2013

Baby Steps: The Wudu Cling *dot* Com

First Step in selling beyond Etsy. I created a web site to tell more...

January 13, 2013

My Egyptian Village

A few weeks back there was another Egyptian Family Luncheon. It just so happened that...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

The Dreidel Game

So, the new school I am working at is a secular, private institution. I'm all...

December 18, 2012

Just In Case You Were Wondering…

Yes, we absolutely celebrate Christmas. Khaled and I had our first official date on Christmas...

October 2012

October 11, 2012

Tweets of the Week

For this week's Twitter Week in Review, I sat down to get the post together...

October 02, 2012

How Do We Reach Out?

Growing up in Ohio in the 70s and 80s, we were pretty insulated from diversity....

September 2012

September 29, 2012

You Lost me Right There

Dear Imam, For the second week in a row, I was able to follow your...

September 23, 2012

Imperfect

I wear too much makeup I like to change my hair. I wear sleeveless shirts...

September 11, 2012

We Remember

God be with you and those you love. In Peace, Kristina

September 03, 2012

Happy Labor Day!

This weekend I've been suffering through the worst part of a head cold. Luckily, Khaled...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

The Nominations Are In…

Last week or so I was given the One Lovely Blog award by a lovely...

August 07, 2012

Love, InshaAllah

Ohmygosh, Ramadan is kicking my A**! I've not been this tired for more than 2...

April 2012

April 20, 2012

Making Friends

It's officially Spring here. Yesterday while I was washing the windows I cooked up and...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

2012 Oscars

Hey, I'm just throwing this out there since I'm tending a very sick little Kate...

February 22, 2012

Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods eats Iftar!

Two nights ago, I caught the tail end of a Bizarre Foods in America episode...

February 15, 2012

Shopping for Culture Day

Sometimes I dread reading the flyers that come home from school. On the first Friday...

February 06, 2012

Dawud was here.

JJ: Dawud will be here this week for a concert. You need to take the kids....

October 2011

October 27, 2011

Celebrating Hajj Day

Check out my newest contribution on Multicultural Familia!

October 26, 2011

My Response to ‘Woe to Foes: The Koran’

I followed the paper trail from a comment on the Eid Books post from the...

September 2011

September 09, 2011

A Decade has Passed

It has been ten years, and I remember it all like it was yesterday. My...