Innalilahi Wa Innailayhi Raji’un
I just saw this tonight on the Zaytuna Website. Hamza El Din was a great musician. His music is so peaceful - it is the kind of music that pierces your heart when you listen to it.
Inna Lillahi wa Inna alayhi rajiun
We are saddened to announce that the great [...]
Entries from May 2006
May 28, 2006
Hamza El Din
May 25, 2006
Can’t wait till August!
Yasmin and I booked our tickets to England last week. Ubah better be done her thesis by then! We are flying into Gatwick on the 16th of August and are going to be travelling around till the 31st. We’ll get Ubah to show around Sussex for a few days and [...]
May 23, 2006
Women Bringing About Change Without Hate
On the subject of women who lead by example, who bring about change, who break the status quo, who make people take notice…And she doesn’t even hate her religion or Muslims. Go figure!
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The women won it
Salma Yaqoob
May 13, 2006 08:28 AM
Last week a little piece of history was made in Sparkbrook as I was elected [...]
May 23, 2006
Support The Chicks
Dixie Chicks taking a stand: Natalie Maines is one of those people born middle finger first. As a high school senior in Lubbock, Texas, she’d skip a class a day in an attempt to prove that because she never got caught and some Mexican students did, the system was racist … Now that she’s truly [...]
May 23, 2006
My head is buried firmly in the sand…
Wedding fever is over. I had two weddings to go to this weekend in two different cities. Beautiful brides, good food - what more can you ask for. I attended my first Catholic wedding. It was really nice, traditional and religious which is always nice these days. We danced the night [...]
May 15, 2006
So many celebrations!!!
We took a little trip up to my parents yesterday. We had to have a family barbeque before my brother and his esposa took off for Hawaii. Lucky kids. 2 weeks of white sand and sun. They bought my parents a new grill. My dad refuses to use anything but charcoal [...]
May 15, 2006
Norske-ness Confirmed
My mama’s first ever blotkake (Norwegian Birthday Cake)
Oddly enough she has never made one before. I mean she’s made everything else…for pete’s sake she used to make her own yoghurt!
