To be a Duck or an Eagle? You decide. I was at the airport waiting for a ride when a cab pulled up. The first thing I noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. The well-dressed driver in a white shirt and black tie came out, opened the door for me, and said, “I’m Bill, your… Read More »
Months of anticipation were finally coming to an end as first-time mother-to-be Supriya Basu entered her 8th month pregnancy. Supriya was fortunate to have a healthy pregnancy and she was preparing herself for a normal delivery. What week is 8 months in pregnancy? Women who are between 33 weeks to 36 weeks pregnant are 8 months pregnant. “My husband… Read More »
Welcome to the Village Primary School website and thank you for showing an interest in our caring school. We are very proud to be at the centre of the Thornaby community and within the larger family of Stockton, the North East and England. We seek to produce caring, well-educated, well-behaved and law-abiding citizens who show respect for others,… Read More »
Praise be to Allah. Islam has enjoined upon the husband duties towards his wife, and vice versa, and among these duties are some which are shared by both husband and wife. We will mention – by the help of Allah – some of the texts of the Quran and Sunnah which have to do with the duties of… Read More »
Few things make my husband feel more special than a well thought out surprise. I’m not sure why a gift is better when it comes as a surprise rather than something expected, but over the years I’ve discovered the response is definitely different. If I’m passing the local frozen yogurt shop and call to see if he… Read More »
I have seen first-hand the toxic behaviour that a mother-in-law can have towards her son’s wife. Recently, I was invited to dinner. After we had finished eating, the elderly host called her daughter to take the dishes. She used, as one would expect, a caring and loving tone. Her daughter did not hear her, but her daughter-in-law happened… Read More »
Assalaamu alaykum. I wish that you understand my situation well. My husband works out of the city where I live and only comes to see me during the weekends. We got married more than two years ago, but if I count the days that we have been together, it is not even a year. We still have not… Read More »
The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the proper days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the annual fasting and the annual season for the great pilgrimage. In almost all countries where the predominant religion is Islam, the civil calendar is… Read More »
The Women’s Post was a Canadian English-language magazine, targeted at professional business women, based in Toronto[1] and distributed nationally. The magazine was published every other month, had a circulation of 75,000 with a community of 300,000 in both print and online in 2010. It was founded as the Women’s News, a monthly tabloid format newspaper, in 2002 by Greg and Sarah Thomson and was… Read More »
A giant container ship the length of four football pitches has become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes. Dozens of vessels are stuck, waiting for rescue boats to free the 400m-long (1,312ft) ship, which was knocked off course by strong winds. Egypt has reopened the canal’s older channel to divert some… Read More »