Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr Author: Lisa Bullard Illustrator: Holli Conger For Muslims, Ramadan is a time for fasting, prayer and thinking of others. Rashad tried to be good all month. When it’s time for Eid al-Fitr, he feasts and plays. Find out how people celebrate this special time of year The book is
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Making Ramadan fun for children
Living in the West, it can be difficult to get children all excited about Ramadan. I remember as a child I didn’t take much notice of Ramadan except knowing that the family were not eating and sneakily trying to stay awake so I could eat with my dad when he came home from work in
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Project 365
Project 365 – Days 263 to 269
Day 263 – Sunday 20th September Ended up going to Birmingham to do some shopping. Forgot to take pictures so you have one of Rosie looking unimpressed as we got home late. We got stuck due to an accident where a car had gone into the bushes. The fire engines and ambulances were
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Giveaways
Eid Giveaway: Eid Cards
Eid is almost upon us again and as a thank you to my readers and supporters I am holding a very quick giveaway for some gorgeous Eid cards! The Giveaway is for a total of 11 cards and include cards from the latest collection from Islamic Moments and a pack of 6 cards from The
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Project 365
Project 365 – Days 193 – 199
Day 193 – Sunday 12th July The local shopping centre was holding a craft session so took the girls to it. The theme was camping so they made a bonfire. Day 194 – Monday 13th July Final week of school and nursery. Munchkin got her report and we were very pleased with it. Day
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Project 365
Project 365 – Week 40
Day 271 – Was a lovely day so went to our local country park for a walk around and for the girls to ride their scooters. Day 272 – Bee in a box again. Think I will have to share an obligatory weekly box photo. Day 273 – I finally purchased a Yankee Candle
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Project 365
Project 365 – Week 39
Day 264 – So today my mission had been to finish decorating Munchkin’s room and to clear out the garage as we are thinking to turn it into a bedroom. However, hubby seems to have an aversion to hard work and decided he wanted to go out somewhere. We ended up in Luton and