January 2011
31 posts
How has facebook redefined the term "friends"?
If you write down (like, with a pen) a list of your friends right now, how would it compare to your facebook friends list?
Glass Window - Stop Watching →
Just wrote a post on how we need to stop watching work be done—we need to be engaged in it ourselves.
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Have you ever wanted to learn the Qur'an...with... →
Mezba uses some pretty simple equipment to teach the Qur’an. A camera, some legos, and a little bit of creativity. This site is awesome, while it’s not an end in and of itself in teaching the Qur’an, especially to children, it definitely is a great visual aid for teaching and enjoyment purposes. I mean, it’s the Qur’an in legos!
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Question for college students...?
Would you rather love what you are, or what you do?
Oftentimes pressure from our parents, our society, or our own uncertainty makes us choose career paths and majors that we don’t really want to do.
What we are in the end becomes more important than what we actually do.
Seeking a title leaves no fun in what you actually do for a living.
Would you rather be a miserable Dr. _________,...
Happy Birthday!!
vivaconalegria:
To my sister Saarah :)
Well…mi prima
My Main Lesson from ISNA
I almost forgot to post this. I attended the ISNA East Zone Conference this past weekend. And there was one main lesson that stuck with me.
Alhamdulillah, at the conference, I was able to meet two types of wonderful people. These are two archetypes embedded in our American Muslim reality.
The ‘Ilm-Rushers and the Islamic Workers.
The ‘Ilm-Rushers are the ones that have grown a whole...
“The ISNA Conference taught me a great lesson: While lately we’ve been high...”
– -Jawaad (myself)
Writing and expanded post explaining this, still in the drafts.
“There’ll be days…when you step out of the phonebooth and try to fly,...”
– Sarah Kay, “B”
Arkay Eskay: Morning Fog →
raaidkhan:
The morning fog blankets the Earth
The clouds in the sky meets the dirt
Creating a haze of mystery
Leaving you walking crisply
Taking each step purposefully
Waiting for the sun to kiss the sky
Revealing the day from the night
Removing the seal from our site
Reminding us to…
“A summary of the Qur’an in a sentence:
Accept Allah as the Master, and...”
– via Nouman Ali Khan, Tafseer
“Faith and flowers wilt and die
If they are hidden from the sky…”
– Dawud Ali (via vivaconalegria)
Change is hard because people wear themselves out…What looks like laziness is often exhaustion. /via Switch
