Can't a Hijabi Get An Education?

Salaam wa alaikum,

As I sat at my work desk today I was playing with my log in for the Graduate program I will start in the fall insha'Allah. I got a big blow to my anxiety threshold when I found out my tuition and fees for 1 class will be $4000. I don't qualify for financial aid because it is a certificate program!!!!!!!!!!!!! How will I pay for this??? I want to go to school more than anything right now. I hate only having a Bachelor's but I couldn't afford to continue.....now I can't afford to go back!!!! Aren't there any scholarships for broke Muslimahs.......??????????? I am so depressed.....I want to get a Saudi Govt scholarship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why doesn't our country send anyone to school??? I want to stop working full time and be able to devote my time to getting my master's degree. I also want to be able to throw myself into my research without having to worry about how to put food on my table and pay my rent. If you have $4000 in disposable income...please donate to the sendkatetocollegeforhermasters fund!!! ha ha ha ha ha ha
Please everyone pray for me that I can find this money somewhere insha'Allah....

Salaam,

Katie

Hijabi in the Workplace

I do my best to pray at work. I do wudu in the bathroom then go pray in the library so I can have some peace and quiet. Most days when I take off my scarf to do wudu it spurs a relgious discussion. The project manager of the entire company I work for came in the bathroom when I was washing. Seeing me without my scarf prompted her to ask when I could take it off and when I can't. Who are you suppossed to wear it in front of? Can your husband see you without it? Do these people think that my arms are invisibly handcuffed to my body and that I cannot lift the scarf off of my head? That I believe I will burst into flames if I removed the scarf. It is not glued to my head! If I wanted to take it off I could...if I didn't want to wear it I wouldn't! It is my way of being modest and trying to please Allah with my modesty. It is also a sign to all that I am Muslim so I do not do certain things. It deters the men in my office from feeling like they can flirt with me; it makes me feel comfortable so I can interact with my male coworkers without feeling like they are looking at my beauty. Hijab is a blessing to Muslim women so they can move freely in society without being bothered. I don't need to focus on my appearance to strangers. How stressfull getting ready for school used to be before hijab! I used to have to get up hours before school so I could make my apprearance "appropriate". I had to worry about being sexually attractive at all times. Those times were the most stressfull, anxious and unhappy times of my life. Focusing on outer beauty and judging people by their looks leads to unhappiness. I will NEVER go back to worrying like that on a daily basis. My hijab takes care of all of that worry.

Salaam,

Kate

Inspirational Young Lady Masha'Allah

This young lady brought tears to my eyes. I empathize with her most greatly and I wish that Allah will bless her for her struggles. My mother even enjoyed the article!!

http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Choosing-to-Wear-the-Muslim-Headscarf/1

Choosing To Wear the Muslim Headscarf

Please Support Me and Get Fair Representation in the Media for ISLAM

http://www.examiner.com/x-51223-Baltimore-Islam-Examiner

Salaam wa alaikum,

I have just been asked to be the Islam Examiner for Baltimore al hamdililah. However I need your help to make this a success and to keep representation of Muslims in the media.....PLEASE SUBSCRIBE OR COMMENT ON MY ARTICLES insha'Allah....
the more comments/ subscribers the more they will allow me to write...therefore the more Muslims will be represented...thanks and I hope this is a success insha'Allah....

Baltimore Examiner


Katie

Dr Mohammed Tahir ul-Qadri and his Ruling on Religious Freedom

Dr Mohammed Tahir ul-Qadri recently released his ruling on terrorism and jihad. His fatwa discusses jihad and fiqh of violence and force. The 600 page fatwa from the popular Pakistani sheikh, uses the Quran and other Islamic sources to detail the facts in Islamic law towards violence and suicide. As most Muslims know, suicide is considered haram, or forbidden in the religion, as well as unprovoked violence, and the killing innocent people. His detailed and extensive writing quotes numerous, and credible sources dealing with Islam. Hopefully this will clear up some of the misconceptions of Islam that is prominent in the media today. Most Americans have the idea that terrorism and Islam are synonymous; or that blowing up people is something in the Quran. This is simply an unfounded opinion that one can only hope will go the way of the dinosaur.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skVWAiTecKk

Awesome Article masha'Allah

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pulitzer.org/imported-data/year/2007/feature-writing/works/0301.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/7140&usg=__YWGBoMYOLLVRlIkty-gSwPKlv1s=&h=294&w=445&sz=159&hl=en&start=20&sig2=3AwtJlzggQej8OQkWXgvkg&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Rv7nAFRh1NQgSM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmuslim%2Bbabies%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=Cfv2S-iKKoH98AbH55i3Cg


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This is Another Article I thought was Interesting Article by City Hijabi

 I thought this was a great article (masha'Allah) posted by City Hijabi available at her blog  

http://hijabiinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/07/hijabi-killed-ina-lil-ahi-wa-ina.html

 

 

 

HIjabi Killed (Ina-lil-ahi-wa-ina-lilayhi rajioon)

from City Hijabi by City Hijabi

Egypt mourns 'headscarf martyr' (BBC article)

The body of a Muslim woman, killed in a German courtroom by a man convicted of insulting her religion, has been taken back to her native Egypt for burial.

Marwa Sherbini, 31, was stabbed 18 times by Axel W, who is now under arrest in Dresden for suspected murder.

Husband Elwi Okaz is also in a critical condition in hospital, after being injured as he tried to save his wife.

Ms Sherbini had sued her killer after he called her a "terrorist" because of her headscarf.
The case has attracted much attention in Egypt and the Muslim world.

German prosecutors have said the 28-year-old attacker, identified only as Axel W, was driven by a deep hatred of foreigners and Muslims.

'Martyr'
Medics were unable to save Ms Sherbini who was three months pregnant with her second child. Her three-year-old son was with the family in court when she was killed.

Axel W and Ms Sherbini and family were in court for his appeal against a fine of 750 euros ($1,050) for insulting her in 2008, apparently because she was wearing the Muslim headscarf or Hijab.

Newspapers in Egypt have expressed outrage at the case, asking how it was allowed to happen and dubbing Ms Sherbini "the martyr of the Hijab".

Senior Egyptian officials and German diplomatic staff attended the funeral in Alexandria along with hundreds of mourners.

Media reports say Mr Okaz was injured both by the attacker and when a policeman opened fire in the courtroom.