Upon awakening, prior to Fajr prayer, opened my Inbox to find an email from Al Rashid Mosque in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It contained both good news and bad news. First the good news. Its subject…
Began the day with Fajr prayer, drank some coffee did some outreach then randomly chose a name from my book The Beautiful Names of Allah. It was Al-Hadee, The Guide. It could not have been more perfect, it could not…
I have two first names. The first, the name given at my birth. Then much later my Muslim name : Fatimah. Interestingly, I know more about the meaning of my Muslim name, than my birth…
This is living, undeniable proof that I am totally distracted from the horrors and the repercussions of Gaza facing the brutality of Israel aided and abetted by their partners in crime.. You: What is the…
Suddenly remembered a word that describes me. I am a waif: a a homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, I have no home, I am constantly being abandoned (although I bravely do not speak of this abandonmentt)…
When one is in safety (as I am at the moment) it is difficult to know what to do during these times, when thousands of innocents are being killed in Gaza. Suddenly I was reminded…
Hubbub is the word that came to mind this morning. Hubbub is something to be avoided at all costs. It is either a a chaotic din caused by a crowd of people OR a a…
There is so much happening in my Medina world, unbelievable events. I almost met the Prince of Medinah, but almost is the operative word. When Royalty goes somewhere ordinary folk are evacuated. I am, unfortunately,…
Feeling sleepy, napping in the middle of the day, spending utterly alone time; breakfast with courtesy efficiently with a room service delivery, I suddenly thought of an expression: Crossing the Rubicon. Wondered if It might…
As promised, this shall be a downer blog. A downer is a dispiriting or depressing experience or factor: The antonym is up, how can one, with any sense of reality be upbeat in the…