Ramadan: Ramadan is perhaps the most important holiday in Egypt. It occurs on the ninth month of the Muslim lunar year and is a time of blessings and prayers to honour the revelation of the first verses of the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad. Ramadan is also a time of fasting where Musl...
so long as she asked. During her prayers that night, Lilia asked the Lord to bless all those she knew, thanked Him for all the blessings she could consider, including her loving parents, and asked Him to, at least, consider her having a...
That’s the prayer I prayed every night until I fell off the edge of the world, figuratively speaking. I added those parentheticals today, like written emoticons. But God answered those prayers far into my future without my awareness. Awareness came long after their utterance. BUT GODis a m...
Then over Christmas I had a big reality check. Over here in the UK a girl of 25 (only a couple of years younger than me) was murdered a week before Christmas and the body found on Christmas day. Although I have no connection with her at all it has effected me a lot. I can’t ...
How could my prayers go unanswered. All I wanted was something beautiful. But had I not had the experiences of infertility, I would never have been prepared for the more beautiful gift of motherhood I’ve been given. Had I not learned to face my anxiety over doctors, could I really have...
It occurs on the ninth month of the Muslim lunar year and is a time of blessings and prayers to honour the revelation of the first verses of the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad. Ramadan is also a time of fasting where Muslims evade food and drink from sunrise to sunset throughout the ...