Brother Osama reads the Alphabet

Just as the title says, this is a recording of brother Osama Saleh reading the Alphabet. May Allah bless brother Osama for his efforts: he’s teaching an Arabic 101 class at ICI. We’re using Dr. Imran Hamza Alawiye’s Gateway to Arabic, book 1. In the above recording, brother Osama says the name of the letter, makes …

The Moon and my Wife

Two quick black & whites, converted from color with Filterstorm on the iPhone 5. One was originally shot with the D7000 and I don’t remember which lens; the other with the iPhone’s built in camera app. Which is which? First, my darling wife, busily studying before bed: And now the moon (this one sorta looks …

Flashing Roses

I’m better when I experiment with tools & processes, I think. It’s more fun, anyway. I don’t necessarily make good pictures when I experiment (see below), but I have more fun. I do plenty of experimenting, sorta, but I don’t quite have the time I would like for it. The (too brief) experiment here involved …

Udhiyah (part 4: dinnertime)

My wife is an amazing cook. MashaAllah. After the skinning and gutting, I took four big pieces to a local halal butcher, where a nice young guy cleaned and butchered the animal. The whole sacrifice, start to finish, took about 4 hours. Alhamdulillah, Allah made it easy for us. Thanks again to brother Suhaib, without …