GUEST POST: Eid Memories by UrduMom

So excited to have the amazing Tamania behind the fabulous new blog, Urdu Mom, here to reminisce about Eids back home and how her Eid as a mom of two, looks like now. ENJOY! When I think about Eid in Pakistan the memory is a colorful collage of bangles, mehndi, sheer khorma, eidi and family…

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Our favorite Ramadan reads for kids.

Since finding some Ramadan books at our local library 2 years ago, we have been borrowing as many Ramadan/Eid themed books for kids as we can get our hands every year. It has become a Ramadan tradition, as I read these out to Anya sitting on our couch trying to pass time on those long…

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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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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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