Entries from December 2007

December 15, 2007

The Murder of One is the Murder of All Humanity

As we in Canada mourn the murder of a young girl at the hands of her father the issues of domestic violence, culture clash and Islam have become front page headlines nationwide.  I’ve read different versions of the young girs struggles – her friends say she didn’t want to wear hijab, her Muslim friends said [...]

December 15, 2007

Little Notes On My Boring Little Life

Daddy left for Hajj - so happy and looking healthy.  Make du’a that his health holds up and his Hajj is accepted.  It’s still so incredible to think of him travelling to Mecca and Medina.  I know this is a complete dream come true for him - the sort of dream you don’t even dare [...]

December 3, 2007

December Reads

Okay so I’ve started a few new books.  I picked up a book from Coles a few weeks ago called In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore.  I’d never heard of it before but it looked interesting and I am a sucker for anything that says “international bestseller” on it…  In honour of my new [...]

December 3, 2007

Weird things about Me

So I was tagged a while ago by Saifuddin and I’ve finally sat down to compile a list of 7 weird things about myself.  My apologies for taking so long - real life called and my virtual life suffered
1.  I am scared of birds.  I have been known to make a fool of [...]