Teaching the Arabic Alphabet to Children

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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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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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

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