Summer vacation means sunshine, the sea, and traveling galore – whether in an airplane or through a book! This Summer...
I’m an American, born and raised in the US, but I’ve had close ties to Turkey since my childhood, studied the country as an undergraduate and...
By Yavus Selim Updated “What’s going on in Turkey?” is a common question on the lips of people as varied as Joseph Gordon-Levitt and some American...
“In ten years I picture myself married with children, going to the mosque, living next to my buddies, Lumia, Safiyah, and Saba, painting with Sophia, organizing...
The first apartment where my husband and I lived had six stories, and we lived on the sixth floor. I remember this clearly because in the...
Follow Shaykh Waleed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShaykhWaleedBasyouni I used to look for him in Makkah every Ramadan to pray taraweeh beside him. Praying next to him would...
This is Part #3 of a multipart post: You can find part #1 here and #2 here Sixth: The factors that assist a person to be successful in the...
By: Dawud Israel I believe we overestimate and underestimate mentally by about 50%. We underestimate time spent driving, like it’s a chase scene in a film....
This post was originally posted here. Muslims pray in direction of the Kaaba located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This direction is called the Qibla. On Tuesday,...
When I was in Houston this past summer, my children, 15 and 12 years old—and even the 6-year-old – dragged me 98 miles almost every day...
By Nabil Ahmed Just when we thought Muslims had passed the days of negative, terrorism-attached attention, it feels as though they never left. Repeated cases of...
