Wasat Studios just began a series on Surah Yusuf. (I follow Wasat Studios’ producer, Saqib Saab on twitter, he has some really awesome videos). It’s called “Not Your Average Joe”. (Hilarious, because Yusuf in English is Joseph, and Joe is short for Joseph). Anyway, here’s the first episode: My thoughts: I love the style of [...]
This past weekend was an amazing one. It was the first weekend of the Divine Link seminar, which I’d attended in Orlando, Florida. Not only was it an amazing experience and awesome class, but we received some great news. Banu Noor, the name for the AlMaghrib Florida “tribe” (or rather, a baby tribe) became QABEELAT [...]
…who forget Allah. I just attended a program for a brother that recently died (inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raaji’oon, from Him we come and to Him we return) in Makkah, right after he’d completed his Hajj. I went on a last minute’s notice (with my father). The program included a Qur’anic recitation, and the [...]
What are you thankful for? I’m thankful for the fact that this year, Muslims are given an opportunity to be way more thankful to Allah on this American holiday. It just so happens the 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah, referred to as the day of ‘Arafat, is the same day as Thanksgiving. It’s a blessed day [...]
I attended the “Seerah: The Sheperd’s Path” course these past two weekends, from Al-Maghrib Instiute taught by Shaykh Abdul-Bary Yahya. One of the best fun facts (I guess it could be a GEM (Genuinely Enlightening Moment)) that I’d learned this weekend deals with Star Wars. In the battle of Badr, in the Seerah (life of [...]
Listen to the audio of this post below: [soundcloud url="http://soundcloud.com/jawaadahmadkhan/itsrainingjinn"] Last night, the Leonids visited us. Well, sort of. If you haven’t heard, one of the most amazing meteor showers of the century was supposed to happen last night, the Leonids meteors. This past weekend was the first of the Seerah: The Sheherd’s Path class [...]
WORK TIME: 1 hr. FINAL PROJECT TIME: 26min. 21sec. CAMERA: Sony HDR-UX10 EDITED WITH: Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 This is a Khutbah (Friday sermon) given by my father, Naseeb Khan, on October 16, 2009 at Nur-Ul-Islam masjid. In the Khutbah, he speaks about the topic of mediocrity and how it seems to have [...]
WORK TIME:Approx. 1.5 hrs FINAL PROJECT TIME: 6min. 38sec. CAMERA: Sony HDR-UX10 EDITED WITH: Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 (on Dell XPS420 with 4GB RAM) A small speech given by Naeem Umarally (my brother-in-law who happens to own the camera I keep borrowing ) about the importance of getting our Muslim youth involved in [...]
WORK TIME: Approx. 2.5 hrs FINAL PROJECT TIME: 9min. 58sec. CAMERA: Sony HDR-UX10 EDITED WITH: Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0 (on Dell XPS420 with 4GB RAM) A short talk (part of a series of short talks) by Taarik Rahman on strengthening our ties to the community. He gives small advices about how we connect [...]
WORK TIME: Approx. 2 hrs FINAL PROJECT TIME: 8min. 45sec. CAMERA: Sony HDR-UX10 EDITED WITH: Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0 (on Dell XPS420 with 4GB RAM) The role of our Muslim youth in the community. Another in the series of short talks given by representatives of FAYM (Florida Association of Young Muslims) around the [...]
