
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers – Part 6
Principle-Centered – The Real Thing In the past issues, we have discussed numerous centres that have time and again failed. One wonders whether there is

Principle-Centered – The Real Thing In the past issues, we have discussed numerous centres that have time and again failed. One wonders whether there is

In January, 2001, while I was going towards Paris from the airport, I was thinking about the Muslim community in this city. I was particularly

When I wrote “The Perfect Recipe” (published in the January 2010 issue of “Hiba”), I realized belatedly that all of the successful ingredients of marriage

For most it is a much-awaited, exciting development; for others, an unexpected, pleasant surprise; for some, a disconcerting event that takes time to accept. Whatever

A woman is a brick that builds and strengthens the Muslim Ummah. To be blessed with a daughter is an honour we are bestowed upon by Allah (swt). We must strive to bring her up to be an exemplary Muslimah, for there is Allah’s (swt) great pleasure in doing so.

These were the most exciting days of my life; the countdown to my wedding. Everything had been prepared a week earlier than the wedding date.

One stands the risk of being dubbed illiberal and unenlightened, if one sees in the deluge that has drowned one-fifths of the country the hand

“Consider well contentment, for it is a treasure without end.” (Al-Tabarani) I am not sure anything satisfies me more than those rare occasions, when I

Grandma could handle France’s snow but not 2003’s killer heat-wave. Her family went on vacation, leaving her alone. Her body, in a refrigerated truck, remained

After my graduation, I got married into a huge extended family. Most of my in-laws were partly dependent on my husband. Although all the family