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Here is the note I posted on Pantsuit Nation, garnering over 51,000 likes and 3,700 comments. The comments have been absolutely incredible. ...

We had a great summer. Yusuf is 9, Nooriya is 7. They have just started 4th and 2nd grade, and I have just realized that I am not blogging n...

I have never been interested in politics. I have never researched candidates, looked up my local representatives, watched debates, discussed...

Last night the 8 of us visited the Bioluminescent Bay here in Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico. (Our annual WP trip with Fari...

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Summer has begun. Our morning routine has evolved over the years as the kids have grown and changed. As of now, we are going to bed late bec...

Nooriya came home today and told me that a few kids (friends of hers, actually) were being mean to her and calling her names. I asked her wh...

So it's been about 10 days since we moved into the new house. We moved last Thursday, and spent about 4 days turbo-unpacking so that by ...

This past week, our jamaat lost some of its very valued members. The repeated hits have taken a toll on the psyche of the jamaat. Yet today,...

We just got back from Houston Ashara 1437. Still reeling. Processing my feelings. Trying to absorb this incredible experience. Hectic, c...

Today was Eid. One of my very favorite days of the year. I have been reading people's reflections as Sherullah draws to a close. Peop...

It has been a while since I blogged. Lots of balls in the air :) The new house is coming along well. Alhamdolillah. We had another walkthr...

Taher and I started the process of building a home a while ago. Almost two years ago. There were a lot of steps between then and now. We fou...

We had an incredible weekend. Deedar, qadmbosi, sharaf for the kids, sharaf for us, reuniting with old friends, spending time with dear ones...

Sometimes I like to write a post about our morning routine, just so I can see how much it has changed. It represents how much the kids hav...

On Tuesday, I began my new position as Adjunct Professor of English at Elgin Community College. I am only teaching one class per semester u...

Farida mentioned to me this morning that the past two months have brought about a lot of changes and transitions in my life. She said, why d...

Yusuf loves science and experiments. Yesterday he was asking Taher about evaporation (pronouncing it EV-aporation instead of EVE-aporation...

A couple days ago I returned from a week-long trip to India. I was there because I was asked to speak at a Muminaat Ijtema (a women's e...