The Last Days of Ramadan: When You Realize the Month Is Slipping Away For me, it often begins with something simple, the Ramadan calendar on the refrigerator. Each day I mark off another fast completed, another day of the month gently passing by. At the beginning of Ramadan, marking those days feels comforting. There is […]
When the Heavens Draw Near One of my earliest memories of Ramadan goes back to when I was about six or seven years old. It was the night of Khatam al-Quran at our local mosque, the 27th night of Ramadan. My ami had laid out a beautiful black-and-blue polka-dot shalwar kameez for me to wear. […]
When the Heart Forgets Its Way There is something about direction. Not the kind you trace on a map, but the kind your heart quietly follows. Every heart has a compass, and that compass is always pointing somewhere. The question is not whether we are moving. It is where we are facing. The Subtle Drift […]
Here is the latest installment in the “This Week in 5” Series. 1. Latest Indulgence- Pistachio Coffee + Pistachio Creamer ☕︎ Earlier this year, I tried a Pistachio Latte at our local Yemeni coffeehouse and instantly fell in love. It was decadent and creamy, warm and nutty, and absolutely irresistible. Naturally, I wanted to recreate […]