Raising Scholars of Tomorrow

21Nov09

I don’t exactly remember when I came across his video first on YouTube but when I happened to see it after a long while again this Thursday night, it shook me. Really, I cannot describe with adequate words how I felt listening to him, watching him. He must be hardly eight in the video, young Hassan bin [...]

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Tags: Children, Hassan bin Abdullah Al Awadh, Islam, Muslims, parenting, Quran, Tajweed

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

My dear parents…

13May09

Parents.ppt (Download)
Here’s a short presentation that I put together today! Alhamdolillah, it taught me a lot… which goes to show how excellent such activities can be for reinforcing concepts and reminding oneself! I hope you, too, derive much benefit from it, InshAllah!

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Tags: Children, Islam, kindness, parenting, parents

The Palestinian Holocaust

13Jan09

The last two weeks have witnessed a great massacre on the face of this Earth. It’s significance is judged not by statistics or the area over which it is occuring but by the fact that it is being carried out by a state that neither cares for world opinion nor is under any sort of [...]

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Tags: America, Americans, Children, Genocide, Hamas, Israel, Middle East Conflict, Muslims, Palestine, United Nations, War crimes, WMD, Zionism