Who should come into town but HijabMan, fresh from a posh international wedding photography gig in Penang! Scarcely had he set foot in my house but my children were hopping around with balloon helmets, balloon flowers, balloon swords and balloon dogs (strictly halal). Uncle HijabMan knows how to get in good with the little ones.
Monthly Archives: April 2009
West Malaysia 2008: Cousins, Cousins, Cousins
Thanks to the largesse of the Malaysian government, I was able to bring my family for a one-month vacation at the end of last year. We brought the whole family, and our maid for good measure, and the nine of us went gallavanting from my brother-in-law’s in Tanjong Malim all the way to the Langkawi […]
I am one of them
“The United States has been enriched by Muslim-Americans,†Barack Obama said. “Many other Americans have Muslims in their family, or have lived in a Muslim-majority country. “I know,†he said, “because I am one of them.†Lived abroad as a child, relocated to the Great Lakes Basin, speaks Bahasa Malaysia, named after the Prophet’s family… […]