Every year I have big plans for a Ramadan calendar but where I always start strong, by mid Ramadan I’m falling apart trying to keep those things filled with meaningful things…
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If you can’t wait to hear the audio story, scroll down or listen here ! But for another sweet little story within a story read on … It was December 1993, a young…
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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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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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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…
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I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that humans were first made out of soil/earth/clay/mitti. It’s a common theme in many creation stories. The Islamic story narrates that God asked the…
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How To Explain Periods To Your Muslim Child. We all know how loaded this question is and, if unprepared, answering can be awkward to say the least. Yet, it’s not just young children…
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FAITH, LISTEN, MOTHERHOODMamanushka Storytime: Why did Allah Ask Prophet Ibrahim To Sacrifice His Son?
‘Slaughter’ and ‘Sacrifice’ are big words for little hearts … but they don’t have to be. When my sisters and I were growing up, ranging from the ages of five to…