This is a (very) short piece of fiction that I wrote relatively recently, a result of a bout of angst. But it's not your typical work-of-teenage-angst... and I do hope it'll make you smile!

Please read and comment! As an aspiring writer, I live on feedback - positive or otherwise!

(Note: You may have read it already... it was featured in the last edition of the Carnival of Islam in the West)

This is one of my first blog entries ever. My fifth blog entry, to be exact. It was written this summer when I had almost nothing to do and therefore ended up spending a lot of time on the Angry Arab blog. Anyway, this post was more like a mental airing-out of the thoughts that were floating around in it.

Keep in mind that at the time I had a pretty simplistic view of things (as will be quite obvious), so please forgive the complete and utter naivete that oozes out of every word!

As-salaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatu,

Al-Hamdulillaah, something to feel good about! Remember the Iranian girl, Nazanin Fatehi, who was sentenced to hang 'cuz she stabbed the guy who was trying to rape her and her niece? Well, the charges against her have been dropped! Allahu akbar! :) 

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As-salaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatu, fellow Eterazistanis!

I do apologize for my long absence... but real life can get pretty overwhelming! What with high school (tests and Provincial exams coming up! Aaahh!!), family (my grandpa has pretty much recovered from his heart attack, al-Hamdulillah!), and helping my dad out every evening at the Madrasah, I haven't had much time to kill on the Internet...

Anyhoo, I'd better get to the point!

So as you may or may not know, this week the first episode of Muslim Canadian comedy sitcom "Little Mosque on the Prairie" aired. I didn't get to actually watch it on TV, but some very kind and considerate person on YouTube posted it, so I did get to watch it.
You can watch it, too - here's (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2-lXDe2to) the link to part 1 of the episode (it's split into 4 parts). Just go to the person's profile to find the other 3 parts. Also, just to let you know, it's pretty short - just under half an hour, I should think, if you skip the advertisements.

My grandfather had a heart attack last night and is now in hospital.

Please, PLEASE make du'aa for him, everyone!!!!!!

As-salaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatu,

Yeah, I know I'm behind... sorry... I've been busy... anyhoo, here's the latest (a rather hasty job, I'm afraid... I'll edit if I have time, insha'Allah).