The Stylish Blogger Award

Dear Marie and dear Blue Pearl! I want to thank you both so, so much for passing this award on to me! You both mean a lot to me and therefore it brings me a lot of joy everytime I receive something from you - like a comment, mail or award. Thank you for being who you are: Beautiful, wise women with pure hearts, masha'Allah!

The rules, when you receive this award, are to share 7 things about yourself...

 

1. I love stars, swallows, butterflies, snails, smiles, mountains, seas, flowers...

2. I can observe animals and also insects for hours

3. As a kid I wanted to be an archaeologist in Egypt

4. Now I want to work as a Speech-Language Pathologist with adults

5. I have relations with people who have beautiful hearts and I see them as my family

6. I love The Neverending Story as a book and as a movie

7. This night I dreamed about cheesecake. I am really craving it. Lol.

I give this award to the following beautiful sisters - and to those I didn't give it to: Know that you're just as wonderful as the bloggers below and you all deserve an award!! <3

DSK - The Dreamer and Believer

 

Dana and Rawan - Rainbow

 

Mariam - Underneath a Silver Sky...

 

Bonnie - Blessings through trials

 

Texan, after UAE

 

Aisha - My world of perception

 

 

The Butterfly Award

I was so lucky to be one of the winners of the Butterfly Award! Masha'Allah, thank you so much dear Farsilla! :-) You're too sweet and it's a beautiful award!

When you win this, the rules are that you write something about yourself and give the award to some wonderful people.

About me: I easily adapt to new situations - especially new places to live or when things change the place I live in. I try to see these new situations from a higher perspective and get the best of out it - and say Alhamdulillah, for everything that I have.

I give this award to:

Marie - The Color of Our Skin

Safyiah - Muslim Wife Secrets

salma - productivehijabii
Zarina - Muslim Women Exposed

deros - tea party...
Sara - Sweet Serenity

Safiyah - Safiyah's Musings

Salma - imperfect Stepford Chronicles
bosnishmuslima - scents-of-arabia

Riham - Beauty of Islam

Sanaa Muslim Mama - Oldskool Muslim Mama

*Muslim mama* - A muslimah Mother

Maryam K - Islam Online Learning

Sorlisa - Bringing Modesty back into Fashion

My Favorite Things & The Inspiration Award

Dear sisters,

I'm doing better again (now my husband is sick...) and thank you ALL for your sweet comments to my last post <3

Here goes My Favorite Things list, which Sara tagged me to do. Thank you for that sweet sister! And below that, you'll see my response to the Inspiration award I won from Blue Pearl :-) <3

1. Food – Pakistani and Indian, Moroccan, Lebanese, Italian & Sushi...
2. Color – Blue, rose and purple.
3. Animal – Rabbits, cats, dogs, butterflies, horses, sheep, goats, (small) snails, swallows, Chimpanses, White Tigers and so many more!
4. Sports Team – None.
5. Dessert – Tiramisu! And ice-cream with lots of "stuff" in it (like in Ben&Jerry's, Häagen-Dazs...)
6. Pair of Shoes – I like especially one pair of my shoes, which are a pair of black ones with a little heel and a beautiful bow at the front. Matches my black Spring-jacket with a bow in the back (I actually accidentally found out that they match! Hehe).
7. Outfit – My outfit is mostly very feminine and classy too.
8. Brand – ZARA, VILA, Vero Moda, ONLY, H&M...
9. Perfume – At the moment I'm wearing Zahra every day, which I won from bosnishmuslima's give-away last month :) (Thank you <3) and I need to own a bottle of Juliette has a Gun "Midnight Oud" (Thanks bosnishmuslima again for your great inspiration!!).
10. Accessory – Earrings. I love earrings and (too) often buy new ones.
11. City – Berlin, Mekkah, Medina
12. Hobby – Cooking, playing the violin & the piano (when I get near one...), dancing, yoga...
13. Beauty Product –Eye liner
14. Snack – Fruit, nuts, chocolate, chips (occasionally)
15. Holiday – Eid (both of them).
16. Movie – The Messenger, Amélie, The Neverending Story, Howl's Moving Castle, It's Complicated, Sonnenallée...
17. Song – I don't have a favorite, really. But I love John Lennon's music, Michael Jackson, Cat Power, Coco Rosie (occasionally), Jurassic 5, Promoe and LoopTroop, Savage Rose, Thomas Koppel, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan etc.
18. Guilty Pleasure – I just really have a sweet tooth! :-D
    
    
    I tag the owners of the following blogs: Imperfect Stepford Chronicles, The Zenith of enthusiasm, Somalianarab Princess and vanilla ice cream floats :) Have fun :)
    
    

 Here comes the answers to winning the Inspiration award from Blue Pearl:

Thank and link back to the person that awarded this to you.

Dear Blue Pearl! I am really honored to have won this award from you <3 Alhamdulillah, I'm glad my blog is an inspiration to you.

Link posts by you and fellow bloggers that YOU find inspirational.

Does it really say that I have to link to posts from my own blog that I find inspirational? Hehe. I think I'll stick to my fellow bloggers :) I'll list 5 although there are 100+ inspirational posts out there! <3

• Blue Pearl - Beautiful Things

• Marie - A Wife's Prayer

• Under the Same Sky. - The Dreamer Within

• Nikki - I Wish...

• Oldskool Muslim Mama - Acceptance 

      Give the award to 10 fellow bloggers!
10 - or maybe 12?! :)
Blue Pearl, who gave me this award, is really an inspiration too - so I give you the award too!! <3

• Safiyah's Musings
  
• A Veiled Muslim Jedi's Journey
  
• scents of arabia
  
• This Little Life of Mine
  
• tea party...
  
• The Color of Our Skin
  
• Reflections 4 Muslimahs
  
• chamomile&smiles :)
  
• Oldskool Muslim Mama
  
• How to Deal
  
• Muslim Women Exposed
  
• Ramblings of an American Convert Abroad
  

A Cold & Thanking Sisters

Oh no, Spring came and I caught a cold! Although I even kept wearing my winter jacket :-/ Allahu Alim. Insha'Allah I will be doing well again very soon :-) The Prophet said: Hours of sickness sweep away hours of sins. - (nahjul Fasahah)... 

When I am doing a bit better again, I will post about My Favorite Things, which Sara tagged me to do :-) Thank you sweet sister for thinking about me!! <3

I will also do what needs to be done, when you receive the award below :-) THANK YOU so much dear Blue Pearl for giving me that award!! Alhamdulillah, I am very honored that you see my posts as an inspiration to you <3

The Stylish Blogger Award

Assalaam Alaikum dear sisters!
Dear sister Salma from Imperfect Stepford Chronicles gave me this lovely award! And I am really pleased to receive it from this wonderful blogger. THANK you dear sister! I love your blog too!

There are some rules connected with these Blogger-awards and they are here:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave me the award

2. Share seven things about myself

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers

4. Contact these bloggers to tell them of their award

 things about me

1. I dislike going to bed late (after 11:30PM)


2. I have 4 sisters and 3 of them are half-sisters


3. Too often I dream about living in the mountains or on the country somewhere


4. I think that if my husband dies many years before me, I will go live in a Muslim community somewhere and just live from serving others and worship Allah (swt)


5. I would love to have 2 children and so hope my husband will agree on that - although he already has a daughter and only talks about us getting 1 child. Hehe. 1 child will also be fine of course. Allah (swt) knows best


6. I can't wait to be a speech-language pathologist and I graduate in 2 years, insha'Allah


7. I love my city of birth: Berlin and miss this place a lot

(recently discovered) great bloggers receive this award from me

1. Blue Pearl WISER, MISS TWEET BLUE PEARL

2. deros tea party...

3. * Muslim mama * A muslimah Mother

4. Amalia 7 Days in the Sun

5. Rationality

6. Alice A blog of Alice

7. Effervescent Everyday Muslimah

8. Zarina Hassem Muslim Women Exposed

9. MoOn MoOn Smile-English

10. .hopeful. .Staircase to Jannah.

11. Umm Aaminah Ummi of Aami, muslimah mommy!

12. Bint Mahmood Diaries of Bint Mahmood

13. Rene's Bare Essentials A muslimah's green clinic

14. bosnishmuslima inlovewiththearabicworld

15. Sara Sweet Serenity

- and I could have given this award to sooo many other wonderful bloggers too!!! I LOVE all of these blogs and follow them as often as I can - and please just enjoy the award if you are a winner of it and already received it before :)

The Versatile Blogger Award - see if you got it too!

I am really honored to have received my first award! Wonderful sister Blue Pearl gave it to me and it made me soooo happy. Thank you so much dear, this is such an awesome Blogger-sisterhood we have here and always more and more lovely sisters joining in!
'Cause I received the award, I have to tell 7 facts about myself and pass this award on to 7 others! :-D

7 facts about me:

1. I have blue eyes and really blonde hair - and my husband is my opposite (and I love it. Hehe)

2. I love the sound of swallows so much that when I hear them, the time stops for a moment or two

3. I was a vegetarian from 14-22 years of age, but now I eat meat, although it's very seldom

4. I clean my house with a mix of hot water and rose water

5. When I am sick, I just want to eat pineapple and drink water with bubbles

6. I love to travel, but if I'm close to my home, I'd rather be there

7. I dream of living in a house away from the city one day with lots of animals/pets and a few children of mine

And the VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD goes to:

Noor - Little Pink Strawberries 

UmmAbdulAziz - chamomile&smiles :) 

Bint Mahmood - Diaries of Bint Mahmood 

Rene's Bare Essentials - Tales of an American Convert Abroad 

iwanttogotojannah - I Want To Go To Jannah 

Umm Saaliha - Musings of a revert Muslimah 

White Freedom - My White Freedom 

Congratulations dear sisters! I LOVE your blogs! There are many other sisters I would love to give this award to, and I'm sorry if I gave it to sisters who already have received it some other time. Take care all of you - and remember to write 7 facts about yourself and to pass the award on to 7 others, if you like.