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REPOST – These Days Are Considered by Sheikha Fatimah to be the Days of Feasting Ramadan, not Fasting Ramadan; Back to the Battle of Uhud; Muhammed, the Warrior Prophet; Do Not Trust Bow and Arrow Guys;  A Modern Fairy Tale; Spread Joy; Photos of Apartment Walls and the New Home of a Quran

Many of the days preceding the famed Saudi Arabia Sojourn are spent in seclusion, purposefully. Alone, all alone (not in a the wide, wide sea as this is Edmonton and there is not a sea…

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REPOST – How an Amazing Photograph Compelled A Return Trip to Saudi Arabia; Definition of Compel; Shell Shock Defined and Illustrated; Martin Lings’ Monumental Book; Quotation From a Book Accidentally Found in a Used Book Store in Edmonton; Photos of the Amazing Photograph and the Cover of the Two Books 

Faithful readers are aware that I am returning to Saudi Arabia at the end of this month. Do not know if there is wide spread speculation concerning my motivation in taking what could be viewed…

Missed an Earlier Instagram Like to a Response; Link Provided; Jet Lag Postponed Not Avoided; Negotiating a Muslim Marriage Contract; An Analogy to Riding a Bike; Trepidation Experienced and Described; An Oasis Instead of a Desert; A Reel of Saudi National Day Preparation; Photograph of a Building Bathed in Green, Flowers and a Welcoming Card

Somehow I missed this. In my blurry jet lagged state of mind I suddenly saw on Instagram that I had received 399 Likes to one of my responses. That is huge, gigantic even. A black…

REPOST – The Prayer of the Prophet (PBUH) When the Last Grave Had Been Filled; The Names of the Martyrs Found in a Book Purchased in Medinah; The Cover of the Heavy Book Where the Spelling is Ohoud; Things Are Darkest Before the Dawn Brought Me Hope; The Names of the Martyrs, Fatima Visited the Graves Often  

(First Published 2023/06/22) It is excruciatingly painful to read of the death of the martyrs, so eloquently expressed in the pages of Martin Lings’ Muhammad: The Life Based on the Earliest Sources. These words must be read…

The Concluding Chapter of the Story But First News of My Next Trip; 217 Instagram Likes to only 6 Insults; More Positivity Concerning the Red Sea; The Red Sea Concluding Chapter Brings a Happy Ending; One Photograph of an English Sign; Two of Alexis at the Graves of the Martyrs in July 2023 

Soon this blog shall speak of the concluding chapter of the story of my photograph. But first news of my next trip to Saudi Arabia.  It has to be told through Instagram feedback because feedback…

A Momentous Occasion, Today on 9/11 Made Reservations to Return to Saudi Arabia; Momentous Defined and Illustrated; Coming Home; An Unusual Encounter on Edmonton Streets Leads to Information on the Literacy of Saudi Women; Another Story to Be Told; Photo of My Prayer Wall and Staff at the Riyadh Hilton

It is happening!  I am definitely eager to return to Saudi Arabia and FINALLY everything is coming together on this day. 9/11, the day whose repercussions. spelled such devastation and horror to Muslims the whole…