Flicken's Blog

A few weeks ago, I purchased a yearly family subscription at Books and More Library in Amman, Jordan. The library is run by Americans, and...

T akhmees  (five-folding) is a post-classical derivative literary device whereby a poem is extended by taking the first hemistich of some ...

(If you've decided to read this under the presumption that it's a discussion on race, I'm afraid you've misunderstood. ...

A number of people have been circulating the opinion that it is not correct to say "Ramadan Kareem" because kareem  means ...

When  Marwan ibn Muhammad  (also: Marwan II) was the governor of Azerbaijan, he appointed   Abd al-Hamid al-Katib   as his official man...

Yesterday, a group of five of us went hiking to the Second Peak in the Stawamus Chief Provincial Park ("The Chief" for short). The...

Today I ate what was possibly some of the best roast meat I've had in years, alhamdulillah . This recipe works well for both lamb and k...