I am a homeschooling mom of three, working full time as a software engineer. I am a student of Quran and Arabic, I teach Arabic, and have a hundred other projects going on! So the question I get asked most often is how do I find time for everything. The honest answer is I don’t… Continue reading Some things that have helped me manage my time
Tag: life
Fava beans and life
Today’s lunch was fava beans, sautéed Swiss chard, and homemade flat bread. We mostly eat a vegetarian and simple lunch. Simple as in opposite of fancy, not simple as in quick and easy. Often when I am cooking a “simple” meal from scratch, I ponder over the irony that it can take a lot of… Continue reading Fava beans and life
Create your own life (and happiness)
“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top… Continue reading Create your own life (and happiness)
Lessons for those who ask
I recently heard about a man who was wrongly accused of sexual assault, spent many years behind bars, eventually was proved innocent, but ended up killing himself as he couldn’t bear to live in the shadow of his past. Yusuf AS was also wrongly accused of sexual assault, spent years in the prison, was proved… Continue reading Lessons for those who ask
كل من عليها فان
The trees are old. I sit here under them and wonder what stories they would tell if they could. Others would have sat where I sit now. People who were clever and beautiful and witty and genius. Or simple and kind and loving and great. But they went. And I shall go too. And the… Continue reading كل من عليها فان
My Sourdough Starter
I have a sourdough starter which is hanging around for the past four years, Alhamdulillah. There are days (or nights) when I am too tired or short on time to feed it. But then I think of all the work which has gone into sustaining it for four years, and how it all will be… Continue reading My Sourdough Starter