Natural Medicines from the Sunnah

I’d been planning for a while to write about hijama, and just by chance I came across American Bedu’s blog with the same topic.  She also has a video depicting hijama, which I’ll steal post here, since it is very similar to what I do myself.  There is such a wealth of natural medicine to be found [...]

Things to consider before you move overseas

We planned a lot before moving overseas, mostly money matters.  But we didn’t think of some pretty fundamental issues.  One is health care.  If you are going to a richer area of the muslim world this may not be much of a problem,  but if you are planning on living in Egypt, Yemen, Mauritania, ie, [...]

Maintaining Good Health

Arggghhh!  I don’t know what it is, but our family keeps coming down with these stomach illnesses.  I’m just getting over weeklong nausea/diarrhea, and ds had bout of vomiting the other day.  NO MORE OUTSIDE FOOD (I really mean it this time)!!!  It’s not like we’re addicted to eating out.  It’s really occasional, like when [...]

Bedside manner anyone?

This was one of those days.  One where I start to wonder if the benefits of being here are enough to stay.  My son had a cavity for a few weeks, so I took him a dentist I’d been seeing and requested she see him.  He wouldn’t keep still, which really annoyed her.  I can [...]

A Visit to an Egyptian Hospital

I went to the hospital a few days ago to retrieve test results for my 6yr old.  She’d had a fever for about 11 days, which continued even after antibiotics were started.  Along with poor appetite, nausea, vomiting and sore throat.  Ordinarily (meaning in the states), we’d have taken her to see a doctor after the 3rd day [...]