Category: lifestyle

A Potpourri of Thoughts as Eid Approaches; My Aim is to be a Beloved Soul; Mixed Feelings About the Approach of Eid; Cleaning House; Techniques Showing How to Rid Oneself of Hypocrites is Found in the Faith; Reaching the Conclusion of The Heart of Ramadan; A Twist of Fate Revealed; Two Reels of Makkah/Mecca

Potpourri can mean a mixture of things. This blog will be a mixture of things, both positive and negative.  We shall begin with positive. As that song goes: You’ve got to accent the positive  Eliminate the…

Waking to Words of an Obscure Song on April Fool’s Day; Neither Rain or Shine: Authenticity Required on April 1, Authenticity Within the Islamic Faith Explored Using Prior Blogs; Back to The Heart of Ramadan: The Reasons for Ramadan Fasting Found to Be Clouded in Ambiguity; New Chapter to be Found in About Me; Photos of Ramadan Reminders 

Today is April Fool’s Day, which I find laughable. It seemed a silly, meaningless day of ‘celebration’ when living in the West. From this vantage point in the KSA during Ramadan, it is completely ludicrous. …

The Year of the Evolving Ramadan: Yesterday, the Day Before Yesterday and Now Today; Arab News and Muslim’s Character Come Together; Meeting a Green-Haired Chinese Woman; Both China and KSA Have Able Leaders; Learning More About Good Manners and the Respect KSA has for Knowledge; Curiosity But Not Morbid Curiosity; My Umrah Revisited

My three previous Ramadans were predictable – my daily habits, thoughts, and actions were preplanned. One could say they were cast in stone. Daily I would review my original intentions, writing not only about their…

Today: Rededicating Myself to the Fast After Taking a Day Away;  Unintended: The Theme of Yesterday:  A Day of Productivity and Play; Unintentional and Miffed Defined and Explored; Words from the Heart of Makkah; A Mixture of Public and Private; Intentional and Deliberate; Screen Shots of Avatar Alexis

Yesterday I took a day off fasting, such a practice allowed if one makes up the day by fasting after Eid. Some purists attempt to make one feel guilty about the practice but that is…

An Inspiration From Instagram: “Who is Going to Believe Me Now Khadiji?” Inspires Sincere and Heartfelt Gratitude for The Blessed Gifts I Have Been Given Including the Gift of Solitude During Ramadan Accompanied By a Gift: The Heart of Makkah; Photographs of the Coffee-Table Book Cover; of the Gifts Received on my Umrah

Fasting in Islam speaks of the benefits of fasting, saying it can teach you the worth of blessing, quoting the “Should you attempt to count Allah’s blessings you cannot calculate them. But humankind is innately…

Another Unusual Day; This One for Entirely Different Reasons; Great Weather, A Resolved Misunderstanding: An Arabic ‘I Love You’: The Meaning of the Found Name of Mansour; Definition and Examples of Eavesdropping; Smithereens; Another WhatsApp Exchange with Noor; Photos of a Precious Little Girl; and Some GiFs

This was an extremely unusual day, yet again. I awoke to a glorious day, the sky was brilliantly blue, both Ithra and the Kohbar Water Tower were where they always were. Such a relief that…

An Utterly Unusual Day: Definitely a Bad Weather Day; Problems with Being Too Popular; Busy on WhatsApp with Muslims; Computer Guru Celebrating Fiftieth with Wife and Dog; Forced Into the World of Digital Keys; Cursed, Foiled Again; Wow, Weather From the New Yorker; Servant of the Merciful: Photographs of Weather Conditions; A Dog; Meaning of An Arab Name and Me at Breakfast 

Today is an utterly unusual day in every way. I shall include a photograph of the view outside my window. It is white, with zero visibility. If I was in Edmonton, the cause would be…