pThis piece comes from a href=http://muslimmatters.org/2009/05/25/the-lost-boys-and-girls-bringing-back-young-muslim-teens/MuslimMatters/aAnyone who’s been around Muslim teens between the ages of 10 - 17 will recognize a disconcerting and disappointing trend: youthful apathy. Selfishness, self-centredness, and almost total obliviousness to the world around them. And despite the self-absorbtion, there is still a lack of proper sense of self and strong identity./p pIt can be understood, perhaps, … [Read more...]
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Bringing back lost Muslim Teens
May 26, 2009 By MyUmmah Editor
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: character, growing up, youth
The Boy and the Tree
January 19, 2008 By MyUmmah Editor
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.Time went by. The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree everyday. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. "Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy. "I am no longer a kid, I don't play around trees anymore", the boy replied. "I … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Poetry & Short stories Tagged With: growing up, islam, parents, wealth
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