Whilst in Madina we were fortunate enough to meet a special lady, the wonderful Auntie Noor as she is commonly known (according to Sidra) but otherwise known as UmmBilal Petersen of the Al-Miskeenah Blog. Auntie Noor was aware that I would be in Madina with my family and wanted to meet us. Sidra, who was in our group, mentioned that Auntie Noor had asked after us when she met her earlier and would visit our hotel later but had passed…
Here are some pictures from Madina I took. I had to take the photos with a high ISO setting (ISO1600) to avoid using the flash so the images are going to be a bit grainy. You can see my currently uploaded images on my Flickr site. Will be uploading more soon.
Just got back from Hajj today, so many thoughts and reflections, may take a while to sort out in my head. I won’t share everything as some things are just too personal. SubhanAllah, the experience was amazing. I had the the whole range of experiences from the amazingly good to the despairingly bad, from the generosity of ordinary and poor people to the incompetence, unprofessional behaviour and the unscrupulousness of [dodgy] Hajj tour operators — this experience I will share…