Category: Muslim Reflections

The tyranny of winter, its cold and white covered landscapes are fading from memory. Daylight is winning. The sun’s rays are awakening life’s glory, making us say like the poet…

Ramadan is divided into three ten-day ashras or stages, and right now, in the middle of Ramadan, we’re in the ashra of forgiveness. This forgiveness is specifically between God and…

            On Monday evening, at the sighting of a shadow where there was once a crescent, the month of Ramadan will officially begin. There is a common misconception that the…

As you’ll probably be hearing a fair amount the next few weeks, we’re coming up on a year since, to put it simply, things changed. It’s totally surreal to comprehend,…

To call Midwinter Ball a ball always seemed like too much pressure to me. A ball conjures up images of Cinderella or maybe a British period piece. This is by…

In the blink of an eye, January is almost over, and we are diving into what I consider the worst month of the year: February. Don’t get me wrong, of…

What happens to the body after a hearty stress response? It depends on who you are. As you recover from a fight-or-flight response and you’re going back to baseline, you…

As October draws to a close, so too does spooky season. What is spooky season, you may ask? It’s that time of the year that’s a little silly, a little…

When you apply pressure and heat to pure coal, you get diamonds.  It’s more complicated than that of course (for one, you need to have pure coal instead of any…

The wind is alive, the air is crisp, and the tress are spectacularly, figuratively ablaze. It’s fall, and, as my mother says, nature is showing off. As much as time…