“Bismillah” pins by Muslamb.
It isn’t always that I come across current Muslim graphic designers whose work really speaks to me, so it was with great (pleasurable) surprise that I stumbled across Muslamb’s paper goods and designs.
Muslamb, who is currently the Interim Managing Director of The Community Folk Art Center, is a full-time mother, wife and […]

Santa Monica Beach, Malibu & Topanga in the distance.

Stars and Palms, Santa Monica.
No, not NorCal… I said NoCal. That’s life with No California. It is what is missing right now… the ocean, the sunsets and the fantastic weather. I can’t wait to see it again:-) Here are some photos I took […]

Ginger Lemonade, prepared by Sufisticate.
It has been getting pretty warm lately (much to my delight), so as a means of not only combating the evening heat but also to enjoy nights spent out in the garden, I’ve made an ample amount of ginger lemonade. Besides, you never know who else might show up, […]

Tarragon Tune Melt, prepared by Sufisticate.
I haven’t had a tuna melt since leaving the US last summer, so pushed by my hankering for one, I found this recipe on Elise.com which turned out pretty good. I also feel that sandwiches are really a spring/summer meal as opposed to soups and heavier meals which are […]

A rose from my garden.
Allah has blessed our garden with beauty.

Quelle catastrophe!
In short, do not ever, ever, ever try this place out. I went there with my roommate Miss Cameroon and some friends to this awful place. It was my first time and definitely my last.
Here is why I would never go back:
The place is super-smoky… yes, severely smoke-filled rooms are a pet-peeve of […]

Lemon-Almond & Chocolate Biscotti, baked by K-Girl.
K-Girl is on a baking roll these days, or at least the start of one, and she’s actually got me wanting to join her on it. She came home with a very cute little book on muffins, which features other forms of baked desserts, and now, over meals, […]

My garden is in full bloom and sprouting greenery and life. Stolen moments are spent sunning out in the garden with Zouzou sleeping under the hedges. Bees buzz around from blossom to blossom, while we squint and turn our faces to the sun and in repose exhale happily.
Welcome Spring.

Sajjadah 1426.
I came across this amazing Muslim piece of art created by a Turk by the name of Soner Ozenc. It is a prayer rug made of light, and there’s more to it; Functionality. Nothing makes me more warm and fuzzy than functional design and art. Especially for Allah’s sake.
Here is […]

Not bad at all… The Jordanian version of Peanut M&Ms. What made me purchase them was the fact that I had never had peanut-covered chocolates before. Have you? Surprise, surprise, turns out they were chocolate-covered peanuts. I wonder if this is a classic example of Arabic-to-English translation affected by  […]