Ramadan with Kids: Countdown to Eid

After Anya woke up screaming EID MUBARAK only a day into Ramadan, I knew I had to get my countdown for Eid out. I did this last year too but she wasn’t into it much, and so this year has been fun doing this. She makes sure I update it everyday and has even added…

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Thoughts on 4th of July: This country we call home

THIS IS A REPOST FROM MY PREVIOUS BLOG. READ THE ORIGINAL POST HERE. I write a lot about Pakistan and life back there but not enough about our life in the States. And I thought today, being 4th of July, would be the perfect time to share some thoughts about this country we call home.…

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Letters to Anya: Here it comes, the princess phase

Dear heart of mine, I tried to never use the word ‘princess’ to refer to the Disney characters in front of you since you were young, and proudly used to tell anyone that asked you what princess you liked that you had no idea about them. But then slowly, a little less than a year…

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All those Ramazan Memories

THIS POST IS MODIFIED FROM A POST FROM MY PREVIOUS BLOG. READ THE ORIGINAL POST HERE This Ramazan1 morning I sit and reminisce of all those Ramazans spent in Pakistan. Those Sehris2 and Iftaris3 that are stored in my memories with a million stories. I remember my first ever memory of Ramazan. We were at…

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Hostess gift idea: Homemade Cookies

Last year in Ramazan (or Ramadan in Arabic), every time that we were invited for our traditional potluck iftaris with our friends, I tried to take some homemade cookies as a thank you gift for our hostess. It became a fun little tradition that Anya would help me with and look forward to. Thought I’d…

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