I am grateful for the mothers in my life – my mom, and my mother-in-law, and my khalas, who love me like a daughter, and all the other mothers in my family, young and old,

Guest blogger: ZaydI am grateful for Luna, our mini golden doodle, because she is the cutest most playful animal on the planet. I love everything about her

Guest blogger: SaanyaFamily: it may be a cliché thing to be grateful for, but it’s also a pretty simple thing to take for granted. I have an amazing immediate family

We traveled to NY/NJ this weekend to show Saanya’s visiting host-sister from Spain a glimpse of the Big Apple and to try to convince my parents to drive back to DC with us for Ramadan.

My doctor called me this week and said, “I’ve got good news, and bad news.” Not exactly the words you want to hear from a doctor. “It’s not malignant,” she continued.

On the first day of this blessed month, we all woke up to a tragedy beyond belief. Twelve people dead and dozens wounded in an act of terror that has terrorized our conscience and our country.

I was staying at a hotel in Queens, and woke up to a phone call from my manager Al Sirowitz. His call was expected; we were going to be working at a recording studio that day.

A young mother, wearing a black abaya over a bright red shalwar kameez, her hair loosely covered and her hands painted with henna, waits in the front office of the boys school at Edhi Village

Before we left home, I had a long conversation with Zayd, our nine year old. I explained to him that we were going to Staples to shop for school supplies for underprivileged children

Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai was an extraordinary woman. As the world mourns an indefatigable champion of human rights, democracy, and the environment

We are blessed in so many ways, most especially to have our parents and a huge family network near by. The most important thing I want to teach our children

Hope you and your families had a wonderful Eid. Our warmest wishes and duas for an inspired post-Ramadan!

O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Quran, Surah al-Hujurat (49:13)

The only name they could come up with is the "Interfaith Iguanas" (?!), but they did brainstorm an exciting list of community service activities for the coming year.

We kept debating all day whether or not to have our neighborhood iftaar party. Hurricane Irene was bearing down. The main worry was if we lost electricity; cold chicken curry, in the dark, is not too appetizing

We've tried to be good during Ramadan -- pray on time, be kind, care for others -- but what's going to happen in a few days when the month is over.

A man asked Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), 'Oh Messenger of God, who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship? The Prophet said: 'Your mother'.

“And the earth, We have spread it out, and made in it mountains standing firm, and grown in it every thing in balance.” Quran Al-Hijr 15:19-20

"God is the Creator of everything. He is the guardian over everything. Unto Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth." (Quran 39:62, 63)

For it is He who has brought into being gardens [both] the cultivated ones and those growing wild -- and the date palm, and fields bearing multiform produce, and the olive tree, and the pommegranite