The Woman: a parable © Nuh Ha Mim Keller 2001 A man was walking through the marketplace one afternoon when, just as the muezzin began the call to prayer, his eye fell on a woman’s back. She was strangely attractive, though dressed in fulsome black, a veil over head and face, and she now turned […]
December 11, 2014
November 19, 2014
Good Hair
Granted I’m a hijabi but there’s still some hair under there. If you’re a non-Muslim reading then I’ll inform you us Muslim women only wear hijab around marriageable men and when praying. We may also wrap it around when reading the Quran or other religious obligations and sometimes, yes, when we’re having a bad hair […]
August 11, 2014
How to Wake up for Fajr
Fajr has always been tough for me. There are a few times in my life when I’ve actually enjoyed waking up or even woke before Fajr for extra prayers or stayed up after to read Quran. But, if I’m honest, Fajr (the early dawn pray) has never been a walk in the park. Today I’d […]
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