House of Curiosity...

Smokes blow wrote a post last January on adopting children from Gaza. His post was one of few posts that addressed the issue. At that point I was very interested in exploring the possibility of adopting a child from Gaza. I eventually reached a dead end… but I learnt a few things in the process.
I decided to [...]

Grizzly was entertaining me with some anecdotes, including incidents that took place during Salat Al Tarawee7.  As he was praying a few days ago, the man beside him did not take a breath between saying Al Salam Alaikum (an indication of the end of the prayer) and shouting at the kids who were playing, running around, [...]

I was having one of those stimulating discussions with my brother O. and my sister E. about the genetic engineering field.  O. was briefing us about the latest news in the organ replacement and transplantation field.  This discussion soon evolved into a discussion in which we pondered if there is a relationship between Islam and [...]

I have been inspired to write about this topic by the circumcision of my poor nephew! The experience was very traumatic for me! Well… Jad was born twenty days ago, he is a perfect boy and he is very cute as well. Behind the back of every proud parent, I always say that when their [...]

I called a friend of mine in Dubai to wish her a happy new year. Her father in law passed away couple of months ago in Jordan and her mother in law moved in with them in Dubai. I was asking her about things and she told me that her mother in law just finished [...]