“Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring yourself to account. Structure your litanies and other practices during each day and night. This is how…
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A Sweet Treat For Blessed Times Nobody likes to read the story before the recipe anymore. That’s what the internet says. All those words I guess, are getting in the way. Writers…
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MOTHERHOOD, SOCIAL JUSTICEHow To Explore Social Justice Words With Younger Children: ‘Justice’ ‘Power’ ‘Conflict’
Among discussions of homeschooling vs remote vs hybrid many of us forget that no matter what you choose, at the end of the day if your child is home with you, in…
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Years ago, in the dusky Maghrib light, I sat upon my prayer mat and let myself feel the loss of shifting friendships and the empty space of my own widening perspectives. In…
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Or How To Unpack The Experience If You’ve Already Seen It It’s not the way you expected it to go. After a long wait and months of anticipation, Disney’s new Mulan movie…
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Boaba’ my paternal grandmother, is a loud, ‘like it or lump it’ kind of woman. While other elders wear somber pherans of various mothy hues, her signature pheran is a loud turquoise…
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I am being quiet. I am being quiet on Mamanushka. Quiet on my social media. Quiet while sipping my morning coffee and quiet while on my evening walks. I am being…
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Anti-black Racism and colorism within the Muslim community is a reality we cannot ignore. If you are a non-black Muslim, like us, it’s not about whether you are ‘racist’, but how…
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My Dearest Ramadan, I write to you in the stillness of the night. In the quiet darkness that eluded you and I for so many years. I with my babies and…
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Conversations With Kids A blue sky, a golden field, three children and a mud path make for the perfect, socially distanced Sunday morning walk. The privilege of such bounty a few short…