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Back to School Party

Back to school is one of my favorite times of the year. Not because I’ll have “free time” while some of my children are in school for several hours, but…

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Umrah Party

For the past month my husband has been in Palestine and Jordan.  His mother was ill and received a diagnosis that required major surgery.  When my husband arrived in Palestine, he…

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Eid Al-Adha Goody Bags

This Eid my husband was out of town, 3 weeks total, and I was to fend for myself with three young children alone on the Eid.  I survived.  Someone give…

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Eid Treat Bags: Classroom Edition

Every year during Hajj, the Holy Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca,  the students at my daughter’s school reenact the rites of Hajj. The whole school participates and the days are filled…

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