I am still fighting with my editor to include these delicious(just joking) bowls of compost in my next book inshallah.Alhmdulilah its grounding from my rasta days to care about the environment or maybe goes back further than that when my dad used to make us go round the garden with a nail tie to the end of a piece of bamboo cane picking up the leaves.in Autumn to put in the compost heap. I remember our pocket money depended on…
Category: SELF DEVELOPMENT
ANTI-AGING – AVOCADO AND PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE
by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplin & well being writer. Just imagine looking 30 and having the wisdom of a 60 year old?Reduces and reverses aging, combats arthritis, good source of healthy fats for the whole system and high in fibre. I know I could step out of my comfort zone for the benefits that…
RAMADHAN AND MENSTRATION
WHEN U R NOT FASTING::Mensturation And Ramazaan By Mariya Siddiqui. All of us (usually) come across those few days during ramadhan whenever you are not fasting; here are a few things u can do during dose days; instead of feeling aloof and down: (INSHAALLAH) 1. So what if you cannot read Quran (the Arabic text)…
RAMADHAN REMINDERS- MATERIAL RESTRAINT/ZHUD
By Karimah Bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain. Every day I thank Allah for my car, my decent neighbors and my spacious living space, since I have been making this duaa the relationship my my neighbors, muslim and non muslim has improved , alhmdulilah. A few years ago I read the following hadith that inspired me to be grateful to Allah for these blessings. “116. Nafi’ ibn ‘Abdu’l-Harith reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and…
RAMADHAN REMEDIES – FIGS
FIGS (teen) The Prophet, salah al alaihi wa salem, was presented with a gift of figs he said, “” Eat” and he ate from them and said ” If I were to say that any fruit descended from paradise, I should say these, for the fruit of paradise has no stones. So eat from them;…
Sheikha’s Secret – Sage
By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain & Well Being Writer. I hate to admit it but my memory is not what it used to be. When I got to 40 I said to myself and anyone who would listen” I need a new memory card”. Well, a few more moons have passed since then I…
SWEET AND SOUR TURKISH DELIGHT
By Karimah Bit Dawoud, Muslim Chaplin & Well Being Writer. According today’s blog by Muslim Media Watch “Approx. 60% of Emirati women over 30 unmarried and there are many theories on why this number of single women in the UAE is growing so fast and how to solve this “problem” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/ One brother on Face…
There Are Plenty Of Fish In The Sea – Catch 22
By Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer.In the process of getting married again,having explored and experienced being a co wife to stingy misogynist, the wage earning wife of a passport hunter and the temporary wife of an emotionally unavailable serial “halal” marriage fling down brother, I have decided, after too many tears and an almost…
HERMAN – THE FRIENDSHIP CAKE STARTER
If you wish to start a friendship chain from scratch follow instructions below counting the day you begin as day zero. Herman Sour Dough Starter for Cakes Recipes 2 cups flour 2 cups milk 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup warm water 2 Tbsp or 2 packets active dry yeast Today is day 0….
HERMAN THE FRIENDSHIP CAKE- THE RECIPE
By Karimah Bin Dawoud Muslim Chaplain And Well Being Writer. After giving me bundles of natural moisturizer and body scrub, fragranced with mimosa and vanilla oils, “Do you want a surprise?” my crazy sistar friend said. ” As long as its 6’2, I don’t mind,” was my reply. “Well, ” a long drawn out “well”,…
Karimah's Cuisina Quranic Cooking 