Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Middle East and North Africa	Best honeymoon destination in MENA	Hajj and Medina What better way to start a life together for two muslimeen than to visit the kabba and the Prophet (saws)? But in terms of romance, I would say Dubai. If money was no object, a week spent in Burj al Arab Or Turkey, because my husband and I are both history buffs and Turkey has a ton of history.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-16 08:53:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	From flickr, not my own pictures (haven't been back to egypt in 3 years. soon inshaAllah) Waiting for a train in Egypt Northern coast of egypt And from the riots in the husband's hometown in April: Worker unrest leading to riots is not new in Mahalla	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-09-11 12:10:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	Oh man, this thread takes me back...back to the days of the MENA fight club! Let's not have a repeat of that inshaAllah! I think this was around the time I had like 10 threads in a row closed or something. *digs around flickr for more egypt pictures*	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-09-11 11:57:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	Pictures of Jordan, courtesy of Sunni Sister Visiting the Sahaba Journey to the Valley Photos from a Day in Amman Amman's Architectural Heratige	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-02-07 13:29:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	Women shopping in Aden This is my favorite way to shop in Egypt. Dig through the piles of stuff and barter Or more accurately, pretend I'm a deaf/mute and let my husband barter so that I get the egyptian price and not the inflated tourist one	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-26 16:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	More from the Egypt flickr group Khan Khalili Minaret (maybe at al azhar) Da Nile at Aswan Traffic Bride	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-26 12:00:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	More from the Flickr Egypt group Gate Wikala of Qaytbay (1477) Naama bay at night I think this is the KFC/Pizza Hut near the pyramids. Been there, ate that Egyptian girls I think this is also near the pyramids More people picture near the pyramids And this one won't let me paste - http://www.flickr.co.../in/pool-egypt/ - play station at the tomb of the pacha	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-26 09:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	More from the Egypt Flickr Group Hussein Mosque in Cairo, next to Khan Kahlili, the tourist market and across from Al Azhar. Supposidly contains part of the body of the Prophet's grandson Hussein. Husband and I got our rings from a shop at the back of the mosque and exchanged them while eating popcorn on the other side. Aswan in the morning Not sure who this is, but the picture is really cool Football on a sandbank on the Nile Madrassa of Sarghatmish, Cairo Looking out over the rooftops of Cairo. Satallite tv definately exploded since I first went to egypt in 2003. We had it in our apartment when I was there in 05, and we had more channels than I do at home! Street scene from the Luxor Temple One of thousands of little vendor alleys in Cairo typical Cairo street	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-18 14:12:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	Beautiful! Morocco is definately going on my list of places to tour when we go on our Muslim world history tour (like 40 years from now )	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-17 14:09:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	I always, always put my trash in my pocket and took it home to threw out. I made my husband pick up any trash he threw on the ground and take it home. but then again, the trash at home was just thrown out in the emptry court yard for the goats to much on. Meh.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-17 13:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	Morocco looks cleaner than Egypt (trash everywhere!) How's the pollution?	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-17 13:28:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	I ate at the restaurant that they have at Azhar Park (seemed like it was at the top of the hill) . . . at night, so I didn't see the rest of the park, but the food was good. I love going to these kinds of parks at night. They have quite a few right along the nile in downtown, and you can stroll along hand in hand - very romantic. There are guys selling flowers outside, and people inside who will bring you hot tea or soda. It's perfect for a late night Cairo date. I looked for a picture of some of these waterfront parks, but all I could find was this interesting paper on the privatization of the Cairo waterfront.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-17 10:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	More from the Flickr Egypt group Cairo, Street market - dec 2006 sunset over the nile Spice market in old Cairo Eid - warning, picture of cow head Hatshepsut Temple in Luxor Sound and Lights show at the Pyramids - we went to this when my family was in Egypt. Before we left, we were watching "The Spy who Loved Me," the James Bond picture that is partly in Egypt. In the film, in 1977, Bond sees the Sound and Lights show at the Pyramids. We go to the show, and it's the same one from 1977 Ohhh, so cheesy! Azhar Park in Cairo - haven't been here yet, but it's on my list of places to go next time I'm there. I really hope Egypt gets a handle on it's pollution issues. I sneezed black snot the entire time I was there. Ick!	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-17 09:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	If possible, could people put little explanations of what the pictures show. It helps me understand better Shokran!	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-16 15:03:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	Couldn't find a picture of figs, but I'm pretty sure that's what the guy was yelling about. Dur! My favorite street vendors are the sweets carts. We had the best one on the street near our first apartment. We loved it so much that we'd travel all the way from dokki to giza just to get some sweets from him, even though there were dozens of sweet shops in dokki. Here are some piccies of Cairo from someone's geocities site, including a tea vendor http://www.geocities...tCairoMisc.html	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-16 09:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	Qatar: Zubara Fort - Situated just 100 km west of Doha lies the town of Al Zubara, an important archeological site famous for its old fort. This fort-turned-museum was constructed in 1938 during the reign of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani and was erected on the ruins of a neighbouring fort. Window in the old market in Doha Sheraton roundabout in the rain Closing Ceremonies of the Asian Games in Qatar	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 16:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	i never said all of them have different conditions. im just saying i know plenty of arabs, and palestinians, who went to school with me IN ISRAEL, who did not live in these conditions, and did not hate israel. there is more than one side to every story, i just get frustrated with the palestinian side is the only side. Where has anyone expressed a hatred of Israel in this thread? I would request, as the OP, that any Israel/Palestine debate be moved to it's own thread. Shokran! (thanks!)	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 16:27:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	From the Muslim Cultures flickr group http://www.flickr.co.../in/pool-islam/ - colorful house - Morocco http://www.flickr.co...57594384293248/ - more of Michael Chun's Morocco pictures - beautiful beautiful rich colors. Seriously, I want to live in an all blue neighborhood Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat - Sultanate of Oman, 02 December 2006, Cloudy day Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat - Sultanate of Oman, 02 December 2006, Cloudy day Al Mirani Fort in Muscat and front of it Alkhor Mosque- Sultanate of Oman, 03 December 2006, on a rainy day Sana'a Old City, UNESCO World Heritage site in YEMEN. Sana'a Old City, UNESCO World Heritage site in YEMEN	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 16:10:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	I will have to scan some pictures my husband took during his stint as an accountant in Sharm el Sheikh, October 2004 to May 2005. In July 2005, Sharm was bombed. Several of the places my husband took pictures no longer exist. Old Market. I have a picture of my husband standing about 20 feet to the right of this location	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 16:03:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	The Non-Touristy side of Cairo - http://www.flickr.co.../in/pool-egypt/ - can't put the pic up here, but do click. This is a pervasive side to Cairo, a city I love dearly. Trash trash everywhere. Family outside a mosque in Tanta - http://www.flickr.co.../in/pool-egypt/ - can't put this pic up either. My sweetie went to university in Tanta. Peddler - ahh, I love and hate these guys. It's nice to have fresh fruit right outside your apartment, but on the other hand, do they really need to start yelling that they have fresh figs at 5 am? Mosque of Ibn Tulun. It was being rennovated the last time I was there. I wonder if they've finished Nubian girl	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 15:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	From http://www.flickr.com/groups/egypt/ Cairo Evening - downtown by the Egyptian museum Nile Ferry at Luxor Food vendor - I loved to get food from the little carts. Probably not the healthiest thing in the world to do, but meh.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 15:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	3 egyptian teenagers, looks to be near the pyramids. I picked it for their hijab style that's apparently all the rage in Cairo - multilayer shayalas. I think they're layering 3 or 4. I've heard that some girls are up to 5 or 6. I can only manage 2 without it getting too heavy and falling off my head More Egyptian girls. I love the color. Edited by rahma, 15 January 2007 - 03:45 PM.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 15:43:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	From the Egypt flickr group View of a mosque near the Autostrade from the Citadel Sahn Pillars of the Muhammad Ali Mosque Apartment Buildings in Zamalek	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 15:40:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	I'm getting a vision of the future...it's becoming clearer...wait...wait... ...I foresee that yet another one of my threads will be closed soon...	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 15:30:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	nope, i keep downsizing in irfanview w/ jpg extension.... it's a shame cuz it's really a beautiful site! I took it all the way down to 75x56pixels - still no go! Try uploading it in photobucket, which will automatically resize it to a decent level for most message boards.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 13:08:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	The Veil as Resistance, a photo essay of Egyptian women from Speaking of Faith.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 13:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	These are some of my pictures from Cairo, December 2003/January 2004: In Khan Khalili, the tourist marketplace. A man carrying bread. Kitty in Khan Khalili. Kitties are all over Cairo, and I wanted to huggle them all, even the mangy dirty ones (after I had taken them home and given them a bath, if my husband had let me, lol) The pyramids at Giza. I think most people have the impression that they're off in the middle of the desert, and you have to ride camels to get to them, but Giza (suburb/twin city of Cairo) butts up right next to them. Giza is the place we stayed the first time I was in Cairo, 2 miles from the pyramids. I love it and miss it. Minaret at Al Azhar, beautiful masjid. Edited by rahma, 15 January 2007 - 01:00 PM.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 12:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	nice picture and will be nice to see others, i just have a few i would want put but not sure how to get them on here anyway Get an account at Photobucket, upload your pictures, and it will provide a little link you can copy and paste into the messages here.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 12:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	Jordanian blogger Black Iris posted pictures of his jaunt around the Balad. Definately click and browse, as I'm only putting two up here. Also from Black Iris, a history and pictures of The Citadel (and the Souq) Definately browse through the rest of his blog, cuz he's got lots of picture posts. Edited by rahma, 15 January 2007 - 12:48 PM.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 12:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	ME/NA pictures	I think it's about time for another ME/NA picture thread. Please share pretty (or not so pretty) pictures of the ME/NA. These can be your own pictures, or pictures you've found online, in magazines, or anywhere else a pictures of the ME/NA might show up. Also, please exercise caution when posting pictures that have you/your SO in it. Pictures can (and have) been taken and used offsite for malicious purposes.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2007-01-15 12:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIDGET!!	Hope you have a great day!	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-09-25 13:25:00
Middle East and North Africa	Eid Sheep	Traditionally, one slaughters a sheep for Eid al Adha, the next Eid, and not Eid al Fitr. Maybe it's a tradition in Morocco though? We usually do it through Islamic Relief, and it's never over $200, even in the countries where animals are most expensive (usually Palestine and Bosnia if I remember correctly). One thing he should be worrying about right now is Zakat al Fitr, that needs to be paid before the Eid prayer.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-09-26 13:41:00
Middle East and North Africa	Happy Birthday Rahma!!!!!!!!!!	thanks all! I was in retreat/itikaf all weekend, so I'm just seeing this now It was my golden birthday - 27 on the 27th. Somehow I always pictured it as something aweseome, but it was really just kinda eh, lol. I did enjoy getting all the free offer coupons. Yaay for caribou coffee and noodles & company	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-09-29 07:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslim Family Day at Six Flags	QUOTE (Zee Bee @ Oct 2 2008, 01:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Amen! I have seen all kinds of news reports for people taking off for the Rosh Hashanah, even on Capitol Hill but nothing about Eid (even though there is a Muslim conngressman from MN). All the news channels were scrolling about Rosh Hashanah, not a peep about Eid. And one from Indiana! The representative from the great state of Minnesota celebrated Eid at our home masjid, where once again I got all fan girl and couldn't strike up the nerve to say anything beyond giving him salaams	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-10-02 14:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslim Family Day at Six Flags	Any organization that has the $$$ can create special days at 6 flag theme parks. Looks like 6 flags in St. Louis hosted a christian music festival this summer. I bet if I did more than a cursory 5 second google search, I'd find more. OMGosh, those evil physics students, clogging up the park with their accelerometers and altimeters. They're shoving physics down our throats! (btw, physics day was the best day of my high school career. Lots and lots of fun hanging around with lots and lots of geeks).	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-10-02 14:02:00
Middle East and North Africa	What?!?! No Friday thread yet???	QUOTE (Aymsgirl @ Oct 3 2008, 11:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow Rahma, 3 years!!! How have you seen him change in those 3 years? Any good suggestions on those of us with spouses here only a few months or so? Sometimes my husband gets upset about how things are done here and how he thinks us Americans let others rule how we discipline our kids and we put to much into our animals, etc...etc....etc.!! We haven't found a magic formula yet, just lots and lots of patience. I really should have written down all the things not to do, but alas, I've blocked them all out of my mind The husband doesn't understand our animal obesession either. inshaAllah we'll be adopting a kitty soon, and I'm trying to tell him what I've learned from Think Like a Cat. Unfortunately, sometimes it can be like talking to a wall	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-10-03 13:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	What?!?! No Friday thread yet???	3 years ago today the husband landed in the US. I'm trying to think of what to get him. I think I'll just go to target and find something cheezy with an american flag on it. This is really a busy time of year for presents. It's my birthday, his anniversary of coming to the US, our anniversary, and then his birthday. Thank goodness Eid is moving up, so in a few years it will be far enough in front not to be in the huge present crush.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-10-03 11:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	Eid Moubarak!	Our local masjid was actually early for once. Usually they start the prayer half an hour late, so we rolled up 5 minutes before it was scheduled to start. Um, why are they giving the khutbah before the prayer? Oh, they prayed at 8, instead of 8:30 like they were suppose to. Thanks Alhamdulilah, I knew of another masjid that was praying yesterday. Unfortunately, they were across town, it was rush hour, and we had half an hour to get there. Alhamdulilah, made it just in time for the prayer and had a good ol fashion american breakfast afterwards with halal bacon, sausage, hash browns and fried chicken. Mmm mmm mmm.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-10-02 14:08:00
Middle East and North Africa	Eid Moubarak!	2 online eid events this Sunday! On the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, who said : One day I was behind the prophet and he said to me: “Young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]: Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, ask of Allah; if you seek help, seek help of Allah. Know that if the Nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with anything, they would harm you only with something Allah had already prescribed for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.” SunniPath is excited to announce a free live event on the 5th October, 2pm GMT with Ustadha Zaynab Ansari. The event will be an explanation of this hadith focusing on the Prophet’s (Allah bless him and give him peace): Great concern for young people His ability to offer encouragement for proper action How to be successful as a Muslim The importance of total reliance on Allah Ta’ala and How the hadith is a balm for hearts in troubled times Seats are limited. Register Now Edited by rahma, 30 September 2008 - 02:16 PM.	UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-09-30 14:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	Eid Moubarak!		UmmSqueakster	Female	Egypt	2008-09-30 08:08:00