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MWA's Fahmida Sultana shares a few of her Eid photos

Aishah's Eid Feast for One, Al-hamdulillah!

Happy Eid!

The last sunset of Ramadan: a photo by MWA's Saba N. Taylor

Eid Mubarak!!!!!!!! The last sunset of Ramadan May Allah forgive us all and grant us His mercy and accept our fast. Ameen.

This dua was posted by another sister on Facebook. It is read as the sun sets on the last sunset of Ramadan, marking the beginning of Shawwal:

"O Allah, the Lord of Ramadan, who revealed in it the Quran and ordained in it fasting, I seek refuge in You from that the sun of this day will set and You have upon me a sin that You wish to punish me for on the day I meet You. O Allah, grant us from Your Prophet Muhammad (s) intercession, and make awareness of You our most rewarding ware (possession) and do not render us in this our month from being of the people of waste and squandering, and quell our fears on the Day of Judgment with Your Mercy, O Most Merciful and peace and blessings be upon Muhammad, his family and his companions."

Eid ul-Fitr Prayer at El-Mina Masjid - Hurghada, Egypt

Video uploaded by MWA's Aishah Schwartz from her mobile phone.

August 8, 2013 at 5:45AM

Takbir of Eid ul-Fitr at Masjid Uthman ibn Affan Masjid - Hurghada, Egypt

Video uploaded by MWA's Aishah Schwartz from her mobile phone. August 8, 2013 at 5:30AM

Happy Eid from Muslimah Writers Alliance!

The last iftar of Ramadan 2013: MWA's Aishah Schwartz

Lemon garlic chicken with ranch dressing & mashed carrot & potato with onion.

Dua for breaking the fast:

Transliteration:

Allahumma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu [wa 'alayka tawakkaltu] wa ‘ala rizq-ika aftarthu

Source: Abu Dawud

An impromptu suhoor at Costa Coffee: a journal entry by MWA's Aishah Schwartz

Subhan'Allah...I was feeling somewhat dreadful the last couple of days, and I spent most of that time attempting to sleep it off. In fact, after iftar, I went to bed (again), and Al-hamdulillah, fell fast asleep. I woke up at 2AM and pushed myself out of bed with the thought, "whatever will I eat for suhoor?"

A reminder in the last days of Ramadan from MWA's Zabrina Abu Bakar

My dear family and friends,

We have 3 days left so in the midst of our busy schedule, let us fill up the fast depleting Ramadan seconds that we have by making this zikir while we drive, cook, walk, shop, bake, work, type, rest, etc etc., inshaAllah.

May Allah accept all our Amal and enter us into His Jannah without hisab, Ameen.

Please share this poster freely, insha'Allah.

Aishah's favorite recitation of Surat Al - Qadr سورة القدر بصوت الشيخ مشارى العفاسى

This is my all-time favorite, over the moon version of the recitation of Surat Al - Qadr سورة القدر بصوت الشيخ مشارى العفاسى
It plays like a beautiful, catchy melody and sends a feeling through me that really makes you feel Ramadan in your heart and soul. At least that's how it made me feel. Check it out.

Aishah's prayer buddy: Mr. Sakinah, waiting for iftar!

This is Aishah's prayer buddy, Mr. Sakinah.

He seems to always know when it's about time for iftar...

And the "Gang" outside my flat knows when it is time for iftar, too!

MWA's Zabrina Abu Bakar shares a dua for the Night of Power

Dear all, with the help of my lovely Sis Mazalina Maram, she has helped me design this poster of duaa' to be recited during Night of Power.

InshaAllah please keep reciting this duaa' as much as you can throughout the day during this last 10 days of Ramadan.

And please share this poster freely...

Iftar at MWA member Jennifer Intante's house!

Vegetarian Lasagna Iftar at home. ‪#‎ramadan‬ ‪#‎organic‬ ‪#‎garden‬ ‪#‎vegetarian‬ ‪#‎italian‬ ‪#‎urban‬ #2013 ‪#‎foodporn‬ ‪#‎delish‬ ‪#‎glutenfree‬ #italian ‪#‎mediterranean‬ ‪#‎egyptian‬ ‪#‎dominican‬ ‪#‎foodie‬

Aishah's neighborhood decorating, fanoos and lights

Aishah's forgotten iftars and suhoors...Ramadan 2013

Scrambled egg sandwich and peaches.

Chicken Caesar salad and lentil soup.

Lentil soup with kidney beans and crackers.

Chicken Caesar salad and cheese pizza.

Even an empty plastic bottle can be charity: a journal entry by MWA's Aishah Schwartz

I'm a collector of few things having learned the hard way over the years that becoming too attached to things of this world brings more heartache than anything else. But one of the things I collect is emptied plastic bottles.

You see, back home in the United States we have a rather sophisticated and quite successful recycling system that is supported by local governments across the nation and widely used. However, here in Egypt the recycling system is somewhat different.

MWA's Lonna Amira Bowen shares her collection of Ramadan journals

Day 1 Ramadan: Subhan Allah loved that crazy thunderstorm, took the temp down nearly 20 degrees…little thunder, power driving wind that literally moves you and the beautiful copious amounts of rain to soak you to your bones…thank you God! Later, I was out and saw all the damage from the possible jericho and praying for the family who lost their young son that was killed when a tree fell on him as he made his way home out of the sudden storm.

Day 2 of Ramadan: I walked out of the masjid to go home early (as I had to work early the next day). My husband was standing by my car with a teen boy from Burma. As I approached, I could see two beautiful children with smiles beaming at me from inside my car. They were not my children, but two Burmese refugee children. My husband told me to drop them off at their home. We drove off and they pointed at different things and tried out the English that they have learned since arriving only a few months ago. I listened to their giggles and Hindi in between their outbursts of English words to describe what they saw in the night life of the city. The smiles and joy on these kids faces although they are in a foreign land, trying to learn a new language, having survived a genocide in their homeland made me grateful and blissful. (Read More)

ABOUT MWA'S LONNA AMIRA BOWEN
Lonna describes herself as a light that encompasses being a Muslimah, wife and mama of five. Yet, light has many more dimensions than a prism. She was born and raised in Kentucky to a clan of hillbillies that she loves and adores. Lonna grew up listening, singing and dancing to Bluegrass music and old timey hits. Her papaw used to pay Lonna's twin sister a quarter each for every tune they could "sing" that sounded more like yellin'. Her grandfather and dad made sure Lonna knew how to shoot guns, swim in creeks and rivers, rappel off natural bridges and ride horses. All of these lessons taught Lonna more than just those actions, but more importantly how to be strong and use her voice. Over the years of living for everyone else and forgetting herself, Lonna lost her essence and so blogging became a way of letting herself resurface by belting out her "song" on the keyboard.
 

How reflective writing gave my Ramadan renewed meaning by MWA's Nouran Emad

Two Fridays before the start of Ramadan 2013, at Jummah prayer, the Imam spoke about how the true purpose of Ramadan had become forgotten. He spoke of how people fast every year because it had become merely a "tradition", rather than because there was a religious purpose intertwined with wisdom behind it.

I went home that day thinking about what the Imam had said and found myself asking a series of questions. Have all my past Ramadan's been the exact same? No, of course not, there is not one Ramadan the same as the one before or the one to come. Each Ramadan has this one special unique vibe to it that makes it memorable, but then what did the Imam mean by "don't let this Ramadan be another forgotten purpose", and how can I not let this happen?