This post may contain affiliate links. Now that Bee is 5 we have been focusing a lot more on her learning her Arabic alphabet in preparation for her reciting her Quran. She is currently attending madrassah and we have been helping her at home, even before she started attending classes. I remember when I was
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Terrorist Attacks and How They are Making Muslims Feel
I usually steer away from topics such as this on my blog and stick to the ‘safe’ parenting posts, reviews and days out as I want to keep the blog my happy little place. However, some things are just too important to not discuss…and one of these is how I, as a visible Muslim woman,
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myDeen Islamic Children’s Magazine
I first came across myDeen magazine on Instagram a few months back. So what is myDeen? MyDeen is a monthly children’s educational magazine that encourages Islamic education through the use of stories, puzzles, reminders, games, crafts and much more. A photo posted by UK Parenting/Lifestyle Blog (@muslimmummy) on Sep 27, 2016 at 6:47am PDT Those
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The Muslim Sticker Company
My girls love stickers; I think Bee would sticker the whole house if she could. However, I get extremely excited when I find products that have an Islamic theme to them, so I was pleased to be sent some products from The Muslim Sticker Company – 2019 renamed to Farhat Amin – to have a
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Ramadan Fun for Kids
First in my series of guest posts on making Ramadan Fun for Children is a post by Irum Irshad. Ramadan is s very special month to all. Its the month of mercy forgiveness and rewards. Many a times parents feel by the end of Ramadan then they were unable to do proper ibadah or they
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Let’s Read Together: Zahra’s First Term At The Khadija Academy
Zahra’s First Term at the Khadija Academy by Sufiya Ahmed Paperback Publisher: Bibi Publishing RRP: £5.99 Shortlised for the 2008 Muslim Writers Awards ‘Zahra has been sent to an Islamic Boarding School and she is not happy. She is desperate to return home and will do whatever it takes to get her way.’ Zahra’s First
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Hijab Series: Hijab in the Workplace
For most of my journey as a muslimah who wears hijab, I have been either a student or a stay-home mum. Even when I worked from home, running a playgroup, and offering tuition to students, hijab was never an issue. It was something I believed in, something that was a part of me. Even though
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Hijab Series: How Hijab Makes Me Feel
Hijab makes you stand out- sometimes you want to other times you don’t. It makes some onlookers weary of the hijab wearer and some encourage the wearer to exercise her right of religious expression. Hijab gives me strength, it makes me stand tall. People step aside. It puts up boundaries around me without me having