Fig & Olive

“If you disclose your Sadaqaat (almsgiving), it is well; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, that is better for you.” [Quran 2:271] There are many reasons why a man like Prince should be remembered, if he did nothing but make the movie ‘Purple Rain’ and its accompanying album he would […]

I’m currently reading Four Arguments For The Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander and The Undiscovered Mind by John Horgan. The former I’ve read previously and the latter is a new discovery. Jerry Mander makes the point of his book quite clear. Before I began re-reading it -I first read it about two years ago, […]

One good thing about going on a weight loss journey is that there’s a plethora of information. But information can also be one of the frustrations in the weight loss journey. Low carb? No carb? Vegan? Atkins? Which one to choose? People often say “diets don’t work” but I completely disagree, all diets work -if you […]

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It’s been difficult for me to maintain a diet and lose weight, though I have lost some, I’ve still got a way to go. I fell off my calorie counting for a while but I plan to get back on it tomorrow. One thing  I realized despite my efforts is that the Slow Carb Diet […]

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“‘Prayer in the most private part of your home is better than prayer in the more public part of your home’, Umm Humayd said ‘My husband prevents me from going to the mosque’, by saying this the insight of the beloved, peace and blessings to him, is driven to understand, -Ok so your domestic situation is […]

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Abortion is a difficult and emotional issue. It is far too often empty of concrete facts and statistics. In a typical pro-life vs. pro-choice debate -when pro-choicers seem particularly desperate for an argument they’ll cite incest and rape –Would you force a woman to give birth to her rapist’s baby? And we are often told […]

Before starting this new semester of arabic I took a few tutoring sessions. On the second to last session I asked my teacher how much a student should study daily. He said: It depends, if you want to be an expert, 6 hours a day, if you want to be good, 2 hours a day […]