hey hijabi!

salaam readers.

things are SUPER crazy over here for the next three weeks. we are planning our walima, packing up and moving out of our house and traveling the world for a year! inshAllah everything will go ok but for now, i am going to need to take a hiatus from the blog for a little while. everyday there is too much to do and i am feeling VERY overwhelmed and stressed out.

have a great few weeks and inshAllah i will see you soon!

binya

salaam! i wanted to share an article that the New York Times published today. it is about the lives of niqabis in New Mexico and i was happy that they had this article in the paper. as tired as i am seeing the same old cliches (”Behind the Veil”), i applaud the Times showing at least a little bit of effort to try to understand women who wear the niqab.

you can check out the article HERE.

what do you think?

salaam readers. we had a yard sale today. it took hours of preparation and then we were out today selling our things for at least seven hours! as you can imagine, our feet hurt, our eyes burn and we are tired BEYOND belief. inshAllah i will rest up and post more this upcoming week.

salaam readers. we were supposed to have a yard sale today. we got ready to sell everything, spent HOURS packing, sorting and pricing our stuff and then what happened? it began to rain this morning. oh well, inshAllah we will be having it tomorrow.

since today was so gloomy and gray, i wanted to show you some of my favorites from Mara Hoffman’s newest line. these maxis are beautiful and could easily be hijabified with a scarf and a light cardigan. just look at those prints!

salaam! head over to Salon and check out a great article critiquing Sex in the City 2. it breaks down the derogatory and racist stereotypes that the film perpetuates and addresses the anti-Muslim sentiment of the film. take that, Carrie Bradshaw!

i just submitted my dissertation! now all i have to do is defend it and i will be done! i couldn’t be happier right now, Alhamdulillah.