Author: Zainab Khan

I am a Muslim woman whose first affirmation is the belief in One God and His Messenger, Muhammad œ. Thereafter, I am a mother of five children (soon to be six! ages five, four (squared), two, and one), the wife of a former ^adîth student at Al-Azhar, M.A. in history and education, hopeful homesteader, current country-dweller, committed homeschooler, beginning beekeeper, and, inshâ’Allâh, one day, a midwife.

Confessions of a Reluctant Mother

I REMEMBER THE day my son was born with more happiness and joy than any other time in my life. Afterward? That’s another story. I look back upon that time of my first child’s birth with sorrow and a touch of shame.…
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