Water, water, water!

19Jul09

As a rule, man’s a fool
When it’s hot, he wants it cool
When it’s cool, he wants it hot
Always wanting what is not
Ever since I first read the above in a magazine advert for an airconditioner, I’ve found it applied very well to several situations I found myself in. Yesterday, again, it proved true. The monsoon [...]

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Tags: flood, rain

5-day Crash Course in Homemaking!

11Jul09

This Wednesday morning, I enrolled in a 5-day crash course in a simplified form of Homemaking. You’re probably wondering who on Earth would organize such a course? And why would anyone want a “crash” course in this anyway? On second thought though, I suppose girls who have no skills in the kitchen or perhaps in [...]

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Tags: Children, homemaking, parents, siblings

Shallow Stuff

07Jul09

“You are the best Ummah singled out for mankind; you enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah.” 
(Quran 3:110)
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Every Sunday is the same – I pick up the newspaper’s weekend supplement and soon find myself digusted with its contents. The thick magazine that is issued every Sunday with the Dawn newspaper [...]

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Tags: Islam, Media, Muslims, propaganda, Writers