Category: Tech & Travel
7 Questions To Consider Before You Pin on Pinterest
Excerpted from the new book Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Pinterest for Business The right boards, beautifully named, won’t do you much good if they aren’t housing winning pins. And let’s face it: the pics (and videos) you post are what will make or break your Pinterest reputation and determine how far you can go. [...]
Review: Salah Tracker for Kids iPhone App
After I was given the job of becoming American Muslim Mom’s iPhone app reviewer, I have been pleasantly surprised to discover there are SO many Islamic themed apps available out there. One such app, Salah Tracker for Kids, is a cute way for parents to monitor their child’s praying habits. You can add each of [...]
Tutorial: How To Gift an iPhone App
Ever wanted to gift an awesome iPhone app to someone you know who would just LOVE it? I sure have! When I downloaded the Lift Me Up iPhone App, I just HAD to gift it to one of my friends. Check out my tutorial below with some handy screenshots (you can click them to make [...]
FREE iPhone/iPad Apps Today Only – Over the Moon Stories
Over the Moon Stories, mentioned in the Technology Chapter of The Ultimate Guide to Ramadan for the Muslim Mom ebook, is making their apps FREE today, Friday, July 27, 2012. Don’t miss out, and download them today! Simply search the app store for “over the moon stories,” and the Allah Made the World App and the [...]
A Muslim Mom’s Perspective From CT to CA
I’m honored to share my news of officially leaving my East Coast lifestyle to become a West Coast gal–Southern CA, SoCal, LA County or San Fernando Valley to be exact. “Wow, what a difference!”–I just have to write it again. Anyways, I share my fun and funny views of our move on the popular LA-mom [...]
Crossing the Suez Canal Bridge in Egypt
While we don’t like to use Wikipedia for research, here’s a good description of the Suez Canal Bridge. The Suez Canal Bridge, also known as the Shohada 25 January Bridge or the Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge, is a road bridge crossing the Suez Canal at El Qantara. The Arabic “al qantara” means “the bridge.” The bridge links the continents of Africa and Asia. We were leaving [...]
Life in Gaza: Our Best Day Yet
Wordless Wednesday Which picture is your favorite? Please share with us in the comments.
7 Tips for Building and Working Your LinkedIn Network
When I first created a profile on LinkedIn, I honestly had no idea of the potential of this powerful this networking tool. I put together a simple profile summary, company description, included my website and blog urls and slowly started making connections with others. Within two weeks, two local companies contacted me about my copywriting [...]
Four Reasons Why Allowing Your Children to Spend Time Overseas Alone is a Good Idea
As a mom today there is a lot of advice and criticism given to us by others. One of the topics I have heard a lot of criticism about is my decision to let my children, on different occasions travel and stay overseas without me. Mind you they were not hitch hiking Europe solo at [...]
Favorite iPhone Apps from 2011
Here are some of my most-used apps on my iPhone from 2011. I have included my top picks from various categories. Enjoy! 1. Food Two great recipe apps! Both of these apps have step-by-step directions and a variety of recipes to browse! Allrecipes Taste of Home 2. Islam QuranExplorer and ALafasy are excellent Qur’an apps. [...]
Life In Gaza: Fresh Fruit From Our Backyard
Just by looking at a few pictures, we can get a quick lesson in all of the following subject areas (and more!): Arabic Biology Geography Health Natural living MashaAllah, we feel so blessed to have fresh eggs & fruits with the convenience of just walking downstairs. Some fruits are obviously out of season right now, but [...]
“Best Kept Secret” U.S. Travel Destination Contest
Love to Travel and Love to Eat Asalaamu Alaykum everyone! Do you have a favorite travel destination that you’ve been wanting to share with everyone? Do you love eating out at halal restaurants with your friends and family? Well, this contest is the contest for you! Just by visiting the website linked below and submitting your [...]
7 Tips to Save Money While Traveling
Going on Vacation? Planning and going on vacations, weekend getaways, and trips can be expensive. However, by familiarizing yourself with the right tools and planning ahead, you can actually save an enormous amount of money. Here are some tips for saving money when planning a vacation and when on vacation: 7 Money Saving Tips Discount [...]
8 Online Tools for More Functional and Productive Freelancing
As the global economy continues to falter, many bloggers, copywriters, magazine and news writers have turned to freelancing as a way to make ends meet utilizing their skills and selling a variety of services. Technology has certainly made it easier than ever to operate as a freelancer from home. Having the right tools at your [...]
Discount Coupons for New York City Parking
No need to worry about astronomical New York City parking prices anymore! My master-frugal New Yorker sister tipped me into this awesome site for all Icon Parking lot discount coupons. What I really like about this site is that it has a Manhattan neighborhood map pictured in this post. Also, the details of the Parking [...]
