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Every year we ask each other our favorite thing that happened in the past year. The last several have been easy for me, usually Yusuf or No...

My masala is full! Namaz time at my house is awesome. Yusuf does namaz with me and pretty well I'd say for a 3 year old. He stands nex...

There's a children's book out called Fish is Fish . It is a fable about a fish who is friends with a frog. The fish wonders what thi...

Some huge Moula news this weekend. Like many, I imagine, I received it with mixed feelings. It took lunch today with Yusuf and Nooriya t...

Unfortunately, I've been to the cemetery too many times lately. The qabrastan is a very cathartic experience. I stop what I'm doing ...

I have been struggling to figure out what I want to do with my career lately. Recently, I've tried finding other opportunities that are ...

Congratulations! I am so proud of Zahra that I can't find the words to express it. This project has so much potential and I hope it ALL ...

I have been learning to swim the last several months. Up until just recently I could successfully splash my way from point A to B, but it w...

I have been unaware just how much my experiences affect my logic and reasoning. My brain fills in the blanks for so much information and gu...

I have been re-reading some old posts and was struck by one in particular, little things . Three years ago I took stock of my life to that ...

Tommorow marks the beginning of Rajab, a month of fasting for me. For a while, I have been dreading the impending fast full of long, long ...

Last night Z and i sat on the couch, enjoying a worry/study/work/chore/obligation free evening watching some mind numbing TV. We sat close ...

When history depends on the future, things have a tendency to become confusing - Charles McClenehan FCAS, ASA, MAAA I'll say Chuck. Ho...

I'm back... Just a couple of interesting (in the mind of the beholder?) topics of study that I've come across... The so called St. P...

Racist, Prejudice, Opinionated, Associations. Is there a difference? I've come across this project, implicit . They set out to see wh...

Five and a half years post-ZP. It started as romantic as I could have imagined; across the world, unexpected, and with its own obstacles. In...

I've been thinking how it's little decisions snowball and can really shape your life, who you are, and what you become. We make sma...

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FUNDAMENTAL This weekend, I've had the wonderful company of a very bright four and a half year old. It has been amazing just observing....

I was watching my favorite news source, FoxNews, and sawthis piece . I watched thinking, are you serious? Could someone really spend their...