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23 April 2007 4 Comments

Have a look at a terrific set of black & white portraits from the streets of Amman, Jordan, taken by a Malaysian photographer.

In other news, this past Friday was the 10th anniversary of my marriage, walhamdulillah. I wouldn’t change a thing, but 5 (and a half) kids, 4.5 circumnavigations of the planet and 8 changes of address in ten years – whew! I hope the next ten are slightly less hectic.

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JDsg said:

Salaam ‘alaikum. Congrats on your anniversary. Milady and I recently celebrated our fourth. I’m hoping to complete one circumnavigation (I’ve gotten about 2/3 around so far) and, of course, we’d like some kids of our own.

# 23 April 2007 at 4:09 pm

UmmFarouq said:

Mabrook and may Allah bless your marriage and strengthen your commitment to each other and to Him.

It’s half our deen, man. That’s no small feat.

# 23 April 2007 at 10:17 pm

Bin Gregory (author) said:

JDsg, may God bless you with lots of wonderful kids. I can have my wife send your wife one of her kain batiks, if you like.

# 25 April 2007 at 3:03 pm

JDsg said:

Thank you for the blessings. Insha’allah. I talked to Milady, and she’s willing to take one of the kain batiks. You have my e-mail address?

# 11 May 2007 at 9:50 am

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An article about Three Roods Farm by Garrison Benson.

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Vaguely related in ways I can't fully articulate to themes in Yursil's ongoing series on Suburban Capitalist Islam.
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