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June 2017

June 05, 2017

Tuscan Bread Soup for Ramadan

On the 4th day of Ramadan, I was the contributing writer on the AltMuslim blog...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

The Wudu Cling On Sale during Ramadan

To celebrate Ramadan, I've put The Wudu Cling on SALE. Normally 10.00 each, you can...

March 2017

March 11, 2017

This Weekend’s Featured author on AltMuslim

When I started writing this blog, it was with the hopes that it would...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Islamic Life Hack – The Wudu Cling

When I agreed to marry Khaled and raise our future children Muslim, I didn't understand...

August 2015

August 10, 2015

Re-Post: The Side Entrance of Religion

This piece was published on July15 as part of The Hopscotch Hijabi’s 2015 Interfaith Ramadan...

August 04, 2015

Repost: Uninvited

This post was first published on July 8th as a part of Hindtrospective's 2015 My...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

Ho Hum Life Goes On

Hi Friends! I've missed you. Truly. But I've not had much to say these last...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

My Locket; Celebrating your Shahadaversary

A few weeks ago, I received a private message on the My Islamic Life FB...

September 05, 2014

Finding the Perfect Agenda

I love shopping for school supplies. I do. I love new paper, new folders, cute...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Now Accepting Nominations – 11th annual Brass Crescent Awards

I don't share every little bit of my life here, but I do share the...

March 2014

March 11, 2014

Swimwear Update

Right after my Pre-Hijabi Swimwear post, I received many website suggestions. This was such a...

March 04, 2014

Pre-Hijabi Swimwear

Last weekend, I was talking with Kate and Pea about our upcoming extracurricular activity scheduling....

October 2013

October 20, 2013

Converting

Converting to a new religion is really difficult. We are carrying so much baggage that...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Hasbro Responds

Dear Kristina, Thank you for sharing your feedback on Hasbro’s Magic Jinn game. The game...

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,...

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 26, 2013

Sounds like Cairo

Last week I subbed in a pre-kindergarten room at the Islamic School. Like most pre-kindergarten...

February 20, 2013

Is it Rude?

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

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 28, 2012

Khutba Notes 12/28/2012

There are 365 Days in a year. No matter how nice you are to your...

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...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Finding the Middle Ground

In our community there is a predominance of conservative Muslim families. Approximately 75% of the...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

I Bought Another Abaya

LOL Okay, I've been working full time at the school now for 5 of the...

August 24, 2012

Alone in the Crowd

Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend that reminded me about something that happened...