Monday, October 17, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Oh hi
I'm currently sitting here fighting the urge not to eat all of the chocolate pudding that is sitting in my fridge. MUST. HAVE. SELF CONTROL.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Would You Be Interested?
Salaam alaikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh everyone, insh'Allah you're all well and in the best of health and iman.
I've been throwing around an idea in my head for a while, and I want to ask y'all something. Who would be interested in purchasing things from Morocco? I was thinking of starting off with offering hijab scarves, traditional Moroccan slippers, and ready made djellabas and harem pants, and possibly offering tailoring service for djellabas.
Would anybody be interested? What types of things would you be interested in seeing?
Leave your comments and suggestions below, I'm really interested in reading them, jazak Allah khair!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Gorgeous: Sisters Feast Your Eyes on These!
Salaam alaikum everyone! This particular post is going to be dedicated to sisters, specifically sisters' fashion...I encourage the brothers not to continue reading this post...but hey, whatever floats your boat.
I came across these designs online, and, can I say I was literally drooling when I saw them? Mash'Allah these are GORGEOUS! They are designed, made and sold by a french sister...if you are interested in seeing more, check out her website here: http://www.jilbabsdemariage.com/
The fabric that she's used looks very similar to fabric that is available here for caftans and takchitas, so I'm tempted to go to a tailor and get one made the next time I'm due for new formal wear (which won't be for a while...I just got a new takchita tailored for an upcoming wedding...takchitas and caftans are real investment pieces here...depending on the fabric you buy and the design, they will usually run you well over $100...which means that you wear them for years until you tailor a new one...a lot of women here choose to rent their takchitas/caftans because it's a lot less pricey).
Here are some of my favorites from her collection, what you all think?
I came across these designs online, and, can I say I was literally drooling when I saw them? Mash'Allah these are GORGEOUS! They are designed, made and sold by a french sister...if you are interested in seeing more, check out her website here: http://www.jilbabsdemariage.com/
The fabric that she's used looks very similar to fabric that is available here for caftans and takchitas, so I'm tempted to go to a tailor and get one made the next time I'm due for new formal wear (which won't be for a while...I just got a new takchita tailored for an upcoming wedding...takchitas and caftans are real investment pieces here...depending on the fabric you buy and the design, they will usually run you well over $100...which means that you wear them for years until you tailor a new one...a lot of women here choose to rent their takchitas/caftans because it's a lot less pricey).
Here are some of my favorites from her collection, what you all think?
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
So Sad...So Disgusting!
Please watch this video, if you can stomach it.
I don't understand how people can do things like this to fellow human beings. Maybe it's because they've been conditioned into thinking that their Palestinian neighbors aren't human? Mash'Allah this family has so much patience to put up with this kind of abuse...honestly, I don't know if I could!
Lol...and did you notice how much they were yelling at them to turn off the camera? The soldier even pushed her! Pft, scared that something like this will ruin the "perfectly innocent victim" image that your disgusting Zionist government has been spoon-feeding to the media for the past several decades? Insh'Allah maybe someday it will...and the whole world can see you for what you really are and the hell you are and have been putting the Palestinian people through for so long.
May Allah(swt) grant patience and freedom to all oppressed peoples around the world, ameen! Alhamdolillah I am so thankful that I can live my life in peace without having to put up with stuff like this every day.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Eid Mubarak! (Late Again...lol)
Salaam alaikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh...
...surprise surprise, I'm late again, but I just wanted to say Eid mubarak (or as they say it here, mabrook l'Eid) to all of my sisters and brothers around the world! Insh'Allah everyone enjoyed their Eid!
Eid was Wednesday for us here in the maghreb (the land of one day delay lol)...and to be quite honest...Eid for me was kind of cruddy unfortunately :( Honestly, the highlight for me was getting to wear my new djellaba (the very first for me to own!). Lol, call me shallow or whatever you want...but there's always something so refreshing about putting on new clothes :)
So, what made my Eid so cruddy, you might ask? (warning: if you're someone who doesn't like reading complaints...please just skip over the list)
1. I couldn't pray Eid prayer...and therefore was kept from going to the mosque (not by my husband, mind you, because he was at work...more on that later...but by his family). I didn't want to actually go IN the prayer area...because you're not supposed to do that when you can't pray...but ladies are still obligated to go to the mosque on Eid, regardless of whether or not they're menstruating. This was the first Eid I couldn't pray, so I don't really know how it technically works, but when I went for Eid al Adha prayer last year, I saw that the ladies who couldn't pray just sat outside the prayer area on the steps, so I figured I'd just do the same. Not the case. All of my female in-laws were like "no, you're on your period, you can't go!" So...that kind of soured my mood right from the start.
2. My husband worked the night shift the night before...and didn't get home until 11 am because the person who was taking over for him showed up late (which my husband had okay-ed, because the guy has young children and he wanted to have some time to spend with his family in the morning...understandable) However...I was just shocked that some people are still required to work here on Eid. Anyways, that meant that my husband pretty much slept all day when he got home (again, understandable...he was up all night working), and by the time he woke up, there were only about three hours left before he had to leave to go to work again (but he was really nice and made a point to spend some time talking to me during those three hours <3). So, I didn't really get to see my husband that much on Eid. Again, say what you want, but I don't like when I barely get to spend any time with my hubby all day, especially when it's on Eid :'(
3. I spent a considerable amount of my day at one of my hubby's great aunts' apartment because she had invited a lot of people over for Eid. Her husband (also one of my husband's great uncles) died the second week of Ramadan (inna lilahi wa inna ilahi raji'un)...so the atmosphere was understandably a bit depressing. I don't mind visiting my husband's family; it's actually nice to see people, especially people that you haven't seen in a while (which means in a couple weeks/months by my husband's family's standards). I just don't like spending the majority of the day there, because that inevitably means that I am stuck in a room full of women who I only half-understand (if even) what they're talking about...and most of it is talking about what happened/is happening to so-and-so in the family...not exactly what you'd call scintillating conversation (okay, again, call me whatever, but I just don't find it interesting). So, what I end up doing is sitting there for hours on end just staring at the wall, or the floor. Yeah. Fun.
So yes...that is why I didn't really enjoy my Eid. I really hope that insh'Allah everyone else had a better experience. What did you do for Eid?
...surprise surprise, I'm late again, but I just wanted to say Eid mubarak (or as they say it here, mabrook l'Eid) to all of my sisters and brothers around the world! Insh'Allah everyone enjoyed their Eid!
Eid was Wednesday for us here in the maghreb (the land of one day delay lol)...and to be quite honest...Eid for me was kind of cruddy unfortunately :( Honestly, the highlight for me was getting to wear my new djellaba (the very first for me to own!). Lol, call me shallow or whatever you want...but there's always something so refreshing about putting on new clothes :)
So, what made my Eid so cruddy, you might ask? (warning: if you're someone who doesn't like reading complaints...please just skip over the list)
1. I couldn't pray Eid prayer...and therefore was kept from going to the mosque (not by my husband, mind you, because he was at work...more on that later...but by his family). I didn't want to actually go IN the prayer area...because you're not supposed to do that when you can't pray...but ladies are still obligated to go to the mosque on Eid, regardless of whether or not they're menstruating. This was the first Eid I couldn't pray, so I don't really know how it technically works, but when I went for Eid al Adha prayer last year, I saw that the ladies who couldn't pray just sat outside the prayer area on the steps, so I figured I'd just do the same. Not the case. All of my female in-laws were like "no, you're on your period, you can't go!" So...that kind of soured my mood right from the start.
2. My husband worked the night shift the night before...and didn't get home until 11 am because the person who was taking over for him showed up late (which my husband had okay-ed, because the guy has young children and he wanted to have some time to spend with his family in the morning...understandable) However...I was just shocked that some people are still required to work here on Eid. Anyways, that meant that my husband pretty much slept all day when he got home (again, understandable...he was up all night working), and by the time he woke up, there were only about three hours left before he had to leave to go to work again (but he was really nice and made a point to spend some time talking to me during those three hours <3). So, I didn't really get to see my husband that much on Eid. Again, say what you want, but I don't like when I barely get to spend any time with my hubby all day, especially when it's on Eid :'(
3. I spent a considerable amount of my day at one of my hubby's great aunts' apartment because she had invited a lot of people over for Eid. Her husband (also one of my husband's great uncles) died the second week of Ramadan (inna lilahi wa inna ilahi raji'un)...so the atmosphere was understandably a bit depressing. I don't mind visiting my husband's family; it's actually nice to see people, especially people that you haven't seen in a while (which means in a couple weeks/months by my husband's family's standards). I just don't like spending the majority of the day there, because that inevitably means that I am stuck in a room full of women who I only half-understand (if even) what they're talking about...and most of it is talking about what happened/is happening to so-and-so in the family...not exactly what you'd call scintillating conversation (okay, again, call me whatever, but I just don't find it interesting). So, what I end up doing is sitting there for hours on end just staring at the wall, or the floor. Yeah. Fun.
So yes...that is why I didn't really enjoy my Eid. I really hope that insh'Allah everyone else had a better experience. What did you do for Eid?
Saturday, August 27, 2011
This is SO Disturbing...
Salaam alaikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh everyone, insh'Allah you're all well and are in the best of health and the highest of iman!
So, before I continue, I'd like y'all to watch this short little video:
Okay, now did that give anyone else the creeps? I just want to say that personally, I don't wear flower clips or anything extra under my scarf, but I do tie my hair in a bun at the back of my head, and it does create a noticeable bump ('cause, well, I have a lot of hair, and that's the only way I find comfortable to wear my hair under my scarf...I can't stand feeling things on the back of my neck...I've had people tell me to braid my hair and tuck it into to back of my abaya...ickkkkk I would not be able to stand that...so, bun it is for me). I also want to state that I've read evidences from both sides both saying that the flower clips or adding extra is haram/not haram...and quite honestly, I'm still not sure where I stand with the issue...but I do know that personally, I'm not comfortable wearing them (but, honestly, I don't have beef with sisters who do so modestly...modestly being the key word here).
Now, with that disclaimer over, I do not find anything modest about this style whatsoever. In fact, I find it really disturbing, because at the end her head ends up looking 5 times bigger than it was before. Do people really walk around like this? Alhamdolillah I've never seen this in real life, neither in the U.S. nor Morocco...and I kinda hope I never do. To top it all off...it's a MAN styling her scarf (what's up with that?). Does anyone else find this wrong on so many levels?
So, before I continue, I'd like y'all to watch this short little video:
Okay, now did that give anyone else the creeps? I just want to say that personally, I don't wear flower clips or anything extra under my scarf, but I do tie my hair in a bun at the back of my head, and it does create a noticeable bump ('cause, well, I have a lot of hair, and that's the only way I find comfortable to wear my hair under my scarf...I can't stand feeling things on the back of my neck...I've had people tell me to braid my hair and tuck it into to back of my abaya...ickkkkk I would not be able to stand that...so, bun it is for me). I also want to state that I've read evidences from both sides both saying that the flower clips or adding extra is haram/not haram...and quite honestly, I'm still not sure where I stand with the issue...but I do know that personally, I'm not comfortable wearing them (but, honestly, I don't have beef with sisters who do so modestly...modestly being the key word here).
Now, with that disclaimer over, I do not find anything modest about this style whatsoever. In fact, I find it really disturbing, because at the end her head ends up looking 5 times bigger than it was before. Do people really walk around like this? Alhamdolillah I've never seen this in real life, neither in the U.S. nor Morocco...and I kinda hope I never do. To top it all off...it's a MAN styling her scarf (what's up with that?). Does anyone else find this wrong on so many levels?
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