online rihla

bwahaha, I must have this abaya, in green. I can’t snag a picture to post here, but select green. Must…have…Green Bay Packers colored abaya! Top it off with a white scarf and a cheesehead, and I’d be set…well almost set. Just need to get to the head of the 20 year […]

Mabrook to Sr. Ruqaya. 
In Round 1 of the 200m, she ran 22.81.  3 women ran faster than her.
 In Round 2, she ran 22.76.  5 women ran faster than her.
The semi finals are scheduled for Wednesday.
I can’t seem to find anything solid.  about her best time in the 200.  According to her website it’s 23.19.  According to this […]

Yaay!  From CAIR:
Minn. Muslim’s Workplace Bias Complaint Resolved
CAIR-MN welcomes company’s ‘prompt and professional’ response to incident
(ST. PAUL, MN, 8/14/08) - The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today said a Muslim teenager who was initially denied a job at an Old Country Buffet restaurant in that state will be offered a second […]

If I have one problem with my splashgear suit (which I love dearly), it is that chlorine is a bit hard on it.  Of course, I’m ultimately to blame, since I left it sitting wet in a bag for days after swimming once, which caused the chlorine to eat away at the right arm.  But, […]

The picture doesn’t quite capture the shocking neon quality of the green scarf, but trust me, it’s bright.

To cheer myself up, I went online window shopping over lunch.
Style Islam - US website apparently coming soon

It’s been a stressful few weeks in my world.  My grandfather went into the hospital a few weeks back with internal bleeding.  He was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and has been on a wild roller coaster of wanting to struggle and just giving up.  Every day, there’s a call that he migh not make it.  […]

…now I gotta get married again, just so I can wear one of these.
This is what I got married in
 
But we never had much of a party.  inshaAllah I can get one of these for an anniversary party here or in egypt.

Greetings from backhomelandia aka cheesecurd central aka the land of 10,000 Prius. As has become a tradition, I trek across the border to spend the extended memorial day weekend with family.
First up was a visit with my grandma in the land of 10,000 Prius aka Madison, Wisconsin. Seriously people, I should have counted. 3 minutes didn’t […]

There are times when I’m not happy that I’m an assistant.  Such a bright future, squandered by not going to law school.
 However, today is not one of those times.  It’s Administrative Assistant week, and the firm is going all out.  $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble, breakfast, popcorn, chocolate, raffles, the works.  Our vendors […]