﷽ 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”
Category: Parenting
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””
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”
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.
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)”
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”
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”
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….”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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””
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”
