Beauty and the blog

Assalamu alaikum,
You all know I keep my eyes peeled for anything dealing with beauty as fodder for my (someday insha’Allah!) book. I have a few treats for you:
Imam Zaid Shakir posts about our Beautiful Religion (part one and two); make sure to read them both. Also, Umm Yusuf reminds us what makes a beautiful character [...]

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Islamic Natural Healing!

Assalamu ‘alaikum,
I LOVE anything to do with nutrition, natural healing, holistic health and preventitive medicine. I have the book Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet [At-Tibb An-Nabi] (sallallahu ‘alayhi wassalam) by Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jauziyah (written over 650 years ago), and love books like SuperfoodsRx. I’ll do anything to avoid taking medicine. (Although I [...]

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“Thoughts & Readings” on Beauty

Assalamu ‘alaikum,
While on a search for beauty, I came across this lovely post (about halfway down, Tuesday, September 13, 2005: “In response to Brother’s post”) at “Thoughts & Readings” that captures much of what I would like to capture in my book insha’Allah. It’s a beautiful post.

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Mere Islam: Maliki Matters

Assalamu alaikum,
A couple weeks ago, Mere Islam posted a repository of useful Maliki links and information in his post called “Maliki Matters.” I’m including a link to it here for reference:
http://www.mereislam.info/2006/02/maliki-matters.html
Wassalam,
Callista

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Writing About Fictional Muhajabat

Assalamu alaikum,
Say I wanna write a novel featuring a (fictional) strong female lead character. Say she also happens to be an Allah-fearing practicing Muslimah, who wears hijab. What is prudent to reveal, and what must one conceal?
Read the inspirational blog entry and my comment query here.
Any ideas?
Massalama,
Callista

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What I’m Reading

Assalamu alaikum,
I love to read. If I didn’t have to work or study, I don’t think I’d do anything but read all day. It’s kind of an addiction.

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A Few of My Favorite Things

Assalamu alaikum,
Here are a few all-time favorite (non-Islamic) books and movies.

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