Guest contributor: Noura Rockwood*
“When my mind plays tricks on me I can deal. But when my mind plays tricks on my mind I can not tell what’s real”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich
In the summer of 1999, I took my shahada in a small, sunlit room in Illinois. I was 13 years old, and had spent the prior year trying to end my own life. Fuel [...]
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Creating My Own Path: My Journey Thro...
Guest contributor: Noura Rockwood*
“When my mind plays tricks on me I can deal. But when my mind plays tricks on my mind I can not tell what’s real”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich
In the summer of 1999, I took my shahada in a small, sunlit room in Illinois. I was 13 years old, and had spent the prior year trying to end my own life. Fuel [...]
MH4M Top 10 Articles for 2012
10.) Marriage: Losing a Sense of Self?
Differentiation involves changing the way we think about marriage: Instead of seeing it as the merging of two people into one, as has often been taught, we must learn to maintain a sense of ourselves as distinct from our partner in order to become closer to him/her. – David Schnarch
Many Muslim couples [...]
This Ramadan, Use Anger to Come Close...
BY SABA MALIK
www.MorningWind.org
Ah, Ramadan.
The month when the doors of the glorious gates of Jannah are wide open. The month when those hunger pangs bring us ever closer to our Creator. The month when wonderful words roll off our tongues.
Umm, hold on a second.
I get the part about the heavenly gates and the hunger pangs, but I’m [...]
Why Marital Issues Belong at Home
We’ve all been there before: at a dinner party, wedding, or other social function when suddenly a voice is raised, words are exchanged, and someone makes a dramatic exit. When a marital spat takes place in a public setting the tension is appallingly thick and the innocent bystanders are left behind to try and pick up the pieces. A group may [...]
Marriage Lessons from the Tiger Woods...
The Tiger Wood’s scandal was a dramatic wake up call for marriages around the world. Many wondered how a man who appeared to have it all could risk everything he worked so hard to amass and step outside of his marriage with so many women. The unfortunate reality for Muslims today is that our marriages are also vulnerable to such scandals. [...]