I was sitting at an Iftar, and confessing to a friend that I did not fast again this year, due to health reasons or were…
The message behind the words is the voice of the heart - Rumi
I was sitting at an Iftar, and confessing to a friend that I did not fast again this year, due to health reasons or were…
Ramadan 1445 started tonight with the first taraweeh prayer. For those of us in grief about the prolonged and barbaric violence against the Palestinians in…
A delicacy made up of strange combinations Food as Language Our samdhis (son’s in-laws) love to host friends for small dinners with specialty food. This…
Just as we get used to the Ramadan Routine, we are suddenly in the last ten days, the holiest of the whole month. Every odd…
Today we mark the middle of Ramadan. As we all go through the new schedule of eating and sleeping of Ramadan, we slow down and…
Ramadan is a month to go inward and reflect to deepen one’s faith and commitment to becoming a better person and working to better the…
Ramadan 1444 or 2023 is a week away. We just finished the months of Rajab and Shaaban which are months of repentance with extra-long prayers…
I am always moved at weddings when they say: “to have and to hold in sickness and in health until death do us part”! Notwithstanding…
As we enter the last week of Ramadan, those who have kept all the fasts look really weak, their voice has changed, they move slowly…
The month of Ramadan is flying by fast as we approach the last ten holiest days. Personally, I had to skip quite a few due…