The Eighth Sea

The Eighth Sea

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June 2025

Growing up (finally) in tajwid class: memories of my dad
I'm learning what he tried to teach me more than 40 years ago.
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Rabi'a Elizabeth B
1
Bullet train out of the comfort zone
Suitable for princesses and the pea, like me.
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Rabi'a Elizabeth B
You don't know what you got till it's gone.
Learning gratitude from the examples of other Muslims.
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Rabi'a Elizabeth B
3
The well of Zamzam, past, present, and always
Seeing, smelling, tasting, healing.
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Rabi'a Elizabeth B
The ummah of Gaza are asking Allah to curse Muslims for their inaction. Ma Sha Allah.
This means you. And me.
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Rabi'a Elizabeth B
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Eid mubarak from Sidi Ibn Jubayr and me
Some thoughts about being in the right place at the right time
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Rabi'a Elizabeth B
Arafat and Muztalifah, 579 AH (1184 CE)
The physical world in which we worship has changed a lot, but our deen abides.
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Rabi'a Elizabeth B
1
The Hajj trip to the tent city of Mina, then and now
The motor vehicle has of course changed everything.
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Rabi'a Elizabeth B

May 2025

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