This week I went to two different vegan restaurants. One was a Chinese restaurant near Yorkdale that was almost entirely ‘fake meat’ dishes, while the other was a trendy restaurant on Queen’s Street. We headed over to Fressen for brunch, not knowing quite what to expect. I’ll be honest, even though I’ve had enough experience [...]
…. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and pray for His Forgiveness: For He is Oft-Returning (in Grace and Mercy) {110:2-3)
VATICAN CITY — Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world’s largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said Sunday.
“For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us,” [...]
1) I actually fell for CBC’s April Fool’s joke. I had the news on the radio that morning, and they were discussing the CN Tower and how it’s now the second largest freestanding structure, behind some tower in Dubai. They said that city counselors had recently approved an extension to the CN Tower so that [...]
To finish off the last list I started, inshaAllah.
51. This should have been #1 by far, but I guess I thought it was a given. I feel so blessed to be a Muslim, and to have been born into a practicing family, with parents who instilled a love of Allah and His messenger in me [...]
Right, comrade, it’s the hour of the garden
and the hour up in arms, each day
follows from flower or blood:
our time surrenders us to [...]
No one can stop the Palestinians…
“… the Palestinians represent far more than just themselves. Their refusal to submit to the dictates of governments, or to governments’ lack of interest in the well-being of people in general, reflects the desire of billions of oppressed people for identity, freedom, a decent life and actualization of their collective [...]
After two days of being on Canada’s torture watch list, Israel and the United States have already been removed. Apparently it was just so outrageous that our allies be on a torture watch list that the government felt the need to apologize and remove such a terrible mistake. Torture is something China and Syria do. [...]
So as promised, I went out earlier today and took some pictures. I even got my mom’s fence that I was talking about, for your viewing pleasure.
A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.
- Maya Angelou
(thanks Sacrosanct)
Part II.
26. I would rather live in some shack of an apartment in a shady part of the city than where I live now, in the suburbs. I miss living in a real community.
27. I’ve never been to the zoo. And I have no plan on it, since that tiger in San Francisco a couple [...]
Part I.
1. My first job involved pulling weeds out of sidewalk. And a lady who used to come by in a golf cart to yell at me. I quit after a week.
2. I’m the oldest of 3 siblings. I’ve always thought that being the eldest child was like being the crash test dummy for new [...]
An interesting interview I came across with Professor Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian.
Professor Pappe, you write of ethnic cleansing, in 1948, as the foundational moment of Israel. In this way you shatter the “topos” of the voluntary exile of the Palestinians.
“The Palestinians were driven out in 1947-48, even though the official historical record speaks about [...]
