Ahh, the menopause journey. No clear starting or ending point, odd diversions, and an estimated time of arrival that could span years. Menopause is certainly a trip. And needless to say, you could use some turn-by-turn directions. First Point of Interest: Perimenopause Ready, set, perimenopause. In this phase, your body will start providing helpful physical clues that… Read More »
Shifting internet demographics: Women have caught up to men online. Younger women and black women outpace their male peers. Older women lag dramatically. The internet was dominated by men in its early days, but by 2000 and continuing on to today, the user population has been evenly divided between men and women. Further, the proportion of women online… Read More »
Hello brothers and sisters, hope you all are doing very well in terms of studies, deen and relationship with Allah swt. I pray to God to make things easier for all of us in duniya and akhirah as well. Currently, I am facing countless troubles coming from my sisters acts in my life. I am a youngest brother… Read More »
The foremost belief around which all the Islamic concepts revolve is that the whole universe is created and controlled by One, the only One God. He has created man and appointed him as His vicegerent on the earth to fulfil certain objectives through obeying His commands. These commands are not restricted to some modes of worship or so-called… Read More »
The new feature builds on the existing safety tool ‘Profile picture guard’ launched in 2017 which keeps the profile picture safe online and prevents non-friends of a user to download, share or misuse the picture. NEW DELHI : Facebook on Thursday announced the launch of a new safety feature which allows users to lock their profile restricting the access… Read More »
Nicotine dependence occurs when you need nicotine and can’t stop using it. Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that makes it hard to quit. Nicotine produces pleasing effects in your brain, but these effects are temporary. So you reach for another cigarette. The more you smoke, the more nicotine you need to feel good. When you try to… Read More »
Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. It’s existed since the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece, mostly as a branch of philosophy, but broke out as an independent branch of scientific study in the 1870s. The effects of psychological studies are more relevant and respected than any period in the past, and new… Read More »
The nikkah is a religious ceremony for a Muslim couple to be legally wed under Islamic law. It’s a Prophetic tradition and the only permissible way that a man and woman can be married. This ceremony makes the wedding official because in the Islamic tradition it’s not permissible for a couple to be intimate without a nikkah. The… Read More »
This week, I went to the library to load up on new books. I deliberately chose one light read, so I would easily be able to identify its story structure–something I’ve been researching lately. Though I wasn’t expecting literary perfection, I was quite disappointed in my selection. I found a number of common writing pitfalls that could easily have been… Read More »
A study carried out at Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2005 concluded that writers and their close relatives, when compared with people having the similar educational background and similar IQ levels, had higher rates of mood disorders. Donald W. Goodwin, MD, in his Alcohol and the Writer wrote that out of 11 American Nobel Laureates, four (Eugene O’Neill, Sinclair… Read More »