This article was written by a British revert, living and working as an academic and freelance journalist in Bogota, Colombia. He first wrote for Productive Muslim in August 2013, following his first and second Ramadan, spent on his own, in Spain and Poland in 2013, and in Spain and China in 2012. Now in 2014,
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TEDx Youth: Get Your SPARK
Earlier in April this year, I was honoured to be invited as a speaker at an independent TEDx* Youth event held at Effat University. I had promised to share the video recording of the talk when it was published. Alhamdulillah, it is now ready for you to watch here: Spark, Construct & Inspire In this
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[App Review] Quran Star
Are you struggling to read and memorize the Qur’an with correct recitation? Do you want to track your progress and stay motivated? Do you hope to get a basic understanding of what you’re learning? Read on, Quran Star app may be the right tool for you! Created by the developer Araboh, the Quran Star app
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Balancing Business Activities and Worship During Ramadan
Ramadan is a period of abundant blessings from Allah . As we strive to get the maximum share of those blessings, do we realize we need to make it easy for others to gain their share as well? A large number of our brethren are engaged in direct customer-interaction jobs such as counter sales, support
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[Tutorial] DIY Ramadan Weekly Reminders
Ramadan is just around the corner. Every year we strive to make this Ramadan better than the last. Why not help yourself, family and friends in this goal?
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7 More Apps to A Productive You This Ramadan
In an earlier article The Ramadan Guilt Trip we learnt that 65% of Muslims interviewed for a report felt they could do better during Ramadan, and ⅕ were “very disappointed” with what little they managed to achieve! Like the majority of the Muslims interviewed, if you have had that sinking feeling in your stomach at
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