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    Category: Parenting

    My 16th Book: A Parenting Memoir Spanning a Decade

    ﷽ The book that everyone’s been waiting for (I’m guessing?) is finally here! 🙂 After I worked on and self-published my last (Q&A) book back in 2019,…… Read more “My 16th Book: A Parenting Memoir Spanning a Decade”

    June 7, 2021October 25, 2021 by Sadaf Farooqi

    Insights: How this Reluctant Solopreneur Managed to Escape the “Bucket of Crabs”

    ﷽ Languages and colloquialisms evolve with time. There are phrases and words from my childhood that are absolutely alien to most young people today. And then there…… Read more “Insights: How this Reluctant Solopreneur Managed to Escape the “Bucket of Crabs””

    February 11, 2021February 13, 2021 by Sadaf Farooqi

    Books that Impacted Me as a Teenager: Confessions of a Bibliophage

      ن وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ “Nun. By the pen, and what they are writing.” [68:1] I am standing inside a used-bookstore. It is extremely hot. A bracket…… Read more “Books that Impacted Me as a Teenager: Confessions of a Bibliophage”

    September 6, 2020September 18, 2020 by Sadaf Farooqi

    Staying at Home: This is “Our” Time

    If a person, of any age, showed immunity to the prevalent rat-race culture fueled by this oversharing of information with others i.e. they refused to get sucked in by the trend of being obsessed with who just did or acquired what, and vice versa, they were considered weird or outcast.

    April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 by Sadaf Farooqi

    A Prophetically Endorsed “Power” Recipe for Suhoor in Ramadan (or for Everyday Breakfast)

    بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـانِ الرَّحِيمِ السلامُ علیکم readers! I hope and pray that your Ramadan is going well. I thought I’d pop in here and share a recipe…… Read more “A Prophetically Endorsed “Power” Recipe for Suhoor in Ramadan (or for Everyday Breakfast)”

    May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 by Sadaf Farooqi

    This is 40: The Parent of a Child Who is the Offspring of a Parent

    بسم الله الرحمٰن الرحيم I just love the gradual way I am going grey: it is a uniform scattering of silver emerging all over my head. By…… Read more “This is 40: The Parent of a Child Who is the Offspring of a Parent”

    September 5, 2018November 20, 2018 by Sadaf Farooqi

    Before You Roll Out the Red Carpet: Be on Red Alert for these “Rishta” Red Herrings & Red Flags

    ‎بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـانِ الرَّحِيمِ Last year, I blogged about being on a bridge between two places: crossing over from one side to the other. Well, I mentioned…… Read more “Before You Roll Out the Red Carpet: Be on Red Alert for these “Rishta” Red Herrings & Red Flags”

    January 30, 2018April 16, 2018 by Sadaf Farooqi

    The Clouds Parted and “the Son” Shone Through….

    بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم The thing with being a writer is, that you evolve with time: your thoughts, writing style, and even priorities, keep changing. I suppose…… Read more “The Clouds Parted and “the Son” Shone Through….”

    December 22, 2017December 24, 2017 by Sadaf Farooqi

    Standing on a Bridge, Aspiring to New Vistas

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ Perhaps you have been wondering where/how I am? And, maybe why/to where I seem to have disappeared? Why you are seeing less of…… Read more “Standing on a Bridge, Aspiring to New Vistas”

    July 9, 2017July 10, 2017 by Sadaf Farooqi

    How to Teach Children the Qur’an

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ One of the most beneficial legacies that a Muslim parent can leave behind for their child, is to facilitate their connection with the…… Read more “How to Teach Children the Qur’an”

    March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 by Sadaf Farooqi

    The Fruits of Unschooling: Better a Misunderstood Misfit, Than a Cultural Conformist

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ What does being a niqabi, an unschooling parent, living in culturally-rigid Pakistan, not being able to people-please and sweet-talk my way into and…… Read more “The Fruits of Unschooling: Better a Misunderstood Misfit, Than a Cultural Conformist”

    September 21, 2016November 7, 2016 by Sadaf Farooqi

    4 Childhood Indicators of Future Success

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَانِ الرَّحِيمِ Success: a lot is said, written, and taught today about how to achieve it in life. For most if not all human beings,…… Read more “4 Childhood Indicators of Future Success”

    October 17, 2015November 8, 2016 by Sadaf Farooqi

    5 Leadership Mistakes that Parents Should Try to Avoid

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ I was relatively new to the parenting world until, well, my children started growing up. In particular, when my oldest started acting mature…… Read more “5 Leadership Mistakes that Parents Should Try to Avoid”

    July 4, 2015November 8, 2016 by Sadaf Farooqi

    Going “Home”

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ The home is where the heart is. So you miss home. And you might feel very homesick when you are away from home.…… Read more “Going “Home””

    March 30, 2015November 8, 2016 by Sadaf Farooqi

    Family Togetherness Through Worship in Ramadan

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ Every year, when Ramadan is about to start, a mother’s mind starts having some apprehensive thoughts: will I be able to fast easily?…… Read more “Family Togetherness Through Worship in Ramadan”

    July 24, 2014November 9, 2016 by Sadaf Farooqi

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