Category: lifestyle

Investigative Journalist, a Dying Breed; How to Be a Rare Person; Wikipedia Tells All About Investigative Journalism: My Experiences Ferreting Out the Truth; Making Out Like a Bandit;  It Doesn’t Take a Rocket Scientist: A Fuzzy Photo and a Yummy Juice Concoction 

My most creative, intelligent and insightful thinking occurs during Fajr prayer. Fajr prayer is characterized by intimidate moments with Allah (SWT). I shall never sacrifice these moments, although I may occasionally pray in a mosque…

The Strange Habit of Painting One’s Face Like the Flags of Countries: The History of it All Revealed: Fiasco: First Canada; Then Qatar: Then Scotland: Discovering that Qatar is Actually Bahrain; King Charles and Premier Danielle Smith in Dubai Fiddling While Rome Burns: Photos of Painted Face

Faithful readers will know of a rather unusual habit, first adopted formally in 2017. I paint my face, (or, cause to have my face painted) in the colors and approximate shape resembling the flags of…

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: In Contradiction to Quran Verse Supplied by ‘Grandson’; Prophets Moses’, Ibraham’s and Job’s Lives Are Examples of Suffering Concluding with Benefit; Quran 2:148;  Lip Service Defined: Its Not Easy Being Muslim: However, A Problem Immediately Solved, Actually without Suffering (As Yet): Reel of the Saudi National Anthem

Again, walking ‘home’ from the Medina Prophet’s Mosque an unbidden phrase came to mind:I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. Went to the Internet to find: A song:  Its chorus goes: “I beg your pardon,…

I Would Rather Shiver Than Sweat; My Past Life Seen as a Futile Attempt to Air Condition Hell; A Heater to the Rescue of Frigid Air Conditioning; The Retrieval of Lost Apple Air Pods; Winning and Losing a serious Discussion Bigwig Defined; Wikipedia Discusses Keffiyeh: The Heater, A Book; The Air Pods at Home

At this exact moment I live an incredibly blessed life; I am immensely grateful. Grateful beyond measure. My gratitude is enhanced, made viable by the hardships, the woe, the betrayals, the abuse suffered in the…

Make Shift Friday Prayer Continued with ‘Sermon’ From The Handy Islamic Answer Book; I am an Anomaly; A Red Letter Day; Meeting a Woman From Kuwait and Receiving Instagram Kudos; The Glories of Kuwait Revisited; An Update From Al Jazeera on the Cease Fire; An Instagram Link; Reel of Hijab Tying Assistance and a Lobby Photograph   

This is a quote from my November 17, 2023 blog:  I must keep my commitments. Last week I promised to speak of my ‘make shift’ Friday prayer. The Believer begins prayer, then listens to a…

The  Topsy Turvy World in Which We All Live; Good News But Then Terribly Disastrous News From Edmonton Alberta Canada; A University of Alberta Executive Director Fired For Speaking the Truth About Gaza; Her Unlawful Termination Upheld by Premier Smith; Appalled My Reaction; Only Other Good News My Statistics and a Touch of Irony

Again a phrase came unbidden to my mind. Again it is ABSOLUTELY perfect for these times, and for my life. In many ways the climax to it all came on November 20, 2023.  Something that…

Writing on the Wall; An Idiom with an Auspicious Background: Instagram Early Morning Messages Bring Hope: Keeping Courage in the Midst of Adversity: Islamaphobia Rampant in ll in Canada; The Contrast Between Edmonton and Here Blatantly Contrasted: A Reel Singing the Anthem of Goodbye to Canada; Photo of Hanan and I; Poster From My Stand Up Comedy Evening

That was the phrase that came to mind today. It is entirely and utterly auspicious as you shall see. First let us define a word and then the idiomatic expression. Auspicious is conducive to success;…

Path to Pathetique; Wont Defined; Research Reveals Facts on Tchaikovsky’s Life; He Should Have Been a Muslim; Cross to Bear Defined; Displeasure from UTMs (Up Tight Muslim) Joined at the Hip: Inshallah: If God Wills: Covid Babies: Future Book No Mosques for Me; I Was Upside Down and Backwards; Photos of Me and Others: Styles of Muslim Veils  

I was in my room preparing to emerge, fully clothed and covered, for breakfast. As is my wont I was listening to my Apple Classical Chill. An evocative piece began, I recognized it but could…