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[April and Mohamed 0]

I need to get away from my computer..... going for a run lol yep in hijab!!! only second day so can use the support.

second day of what? if for hijab then i ask Allah to support u and increase ur faith if for running ... YOU GO GURL U CAN DO ITTTT !!!! lol

lol sorry not clear there... yes running. And I am doing it in hijab. But I did it whooo hoooo wanna surprise my hunny when we see eachother again insha'allah

Surprise him with what? You're already zweeeeeeeeeena bazaf! Since we're sharing how parents reacted to our converting, my mom too thought I only wanted to become Muslim because she thought I was in love with my Lebanese Muslim college professor (whose class I took was The World of Islam but I had already had an interest) It had to take her meeting him to understand how cool he was in a non-romantic way and that I did genuinely want to convert. I didn't realize how hard it was to convince someone that you ARE NOT in love with X person! Geez. Yeah the whole drugs/sex thing, it would've been easier to believe. Kind of hard for my mom to believe that I wanted to become religious. (I wasn't that bad before! It's like "hey Mom what are you tryin to say!")

[nunyab 0]

I need to get away from my computer..... going for a run lol yep in hijab!!! only second day so can use the support.

second day of what? if for hijab then i ask Allah to support u and increase ur faith if for running ... YOU GO GURL U CAN DO ITTTT !!!! lol

lol sorry not clear there... yes running. And I am doing it in hijab. But I did it whooo hoooo wanna surprise my hunny when we see eachother again insha'allah

Surprise him with what? You're already zweeeeeeeeeena bazaf! Since we're sharing how parents reacted to our converting, my mom too thought I only wanted to become Muslim because she thought I was in love with my Lebanese Muslim college professor (whose class I took was The World of Islam but I had already had an interest) It had to take her meeting him to understand how cool he was in a non-romantic way and that I did genuinely want to convert. I didn't realize how hard it was to convince someone that you ARE NOT in love with X person! Geez. Yeah the whole drugs/sex thing, it would've been easier to believe. Kind of hard for my mom to believe that I wanted to become religious. (I wasn't that bad before! It's like "hey Mom what are you tryin to say!")

April... you're making me blush and the funny thing is I knew what you said whooo hooooey I've been trying to learn as much Moroccan as I can. Shookran! lol but I would like to drop about 20 lbs in the process. but we'll see insha'allah

[sereia 0]

April... you're making me blush and the funny thing is I knew what you said whooo hooooey I've been trying to learn as much Moroccan as I can. Shookran! lol but I would like to drop about 20 lbs in the process. but we'll see insha'allah

btw its called Darija...not Moroccan. lol Good luck with the learning process!

[nunyab 0]

April... you're making me blush and the funny thing is I knew what you said whooo hooooey I've been trying to learn as much Moroccan as I can. Shookran! lol but I would like to drop about 20 lbs in the process. but we'll see insha'allah

btw its called Darija...not Moroccan. lol Good luck with the learning process!

Really????? lol cause when I was there they kept telling me how I was having to learn three languages... French, Arabic and Moroccan... their words not mine. Darija... cool. Thanks

[sereia 0]

April... you're making me blush and the funny thing is I knew what you said whooo hooooey I've been trying to learn as much Moroccan as I can. Shookran! lol but I would like to drop about 20 lbs in the process. but we'll see insha'allah

btw its called Darija...not Moroccan. lol Good luck with the learning process!

Really????? lol cause when I was there they kept telling me how I was having to learn three languages... French, Arabic and Moroccan... their words not mine. Darija... cool. Thanks

LOL well I don't know who told you that but the Moroccan dialect of Arabic is called Darija. It varies from what is spoken in other Arabic speaking countries like Egypt, Lebanon, etc. Many educated Moroccans can also speak classical Arabic, but to live in Morocco you only really need to know Darija. French comes in handy too.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

It's not at all uncommon for the dialect to be refered to as Moroccan in Morocco.

[nunyab 0]

It's not at all uncommon for the dialect to be refered to as Moroccan in Morocco.

Yeah it was the moroccan's who called it moroccan and honestly they called "Arabic" "clasical Arabic" lol. Thankfully, his family speaks, English, Spanish, French, "classical Arabic" and Moroccan or Darija so I am in luck!!

The funny thing is here in the U.S. We're lucky if we learn two languages....but than again English is an acceptable world wide language... I was impressed with how French is too.

[nunyab 0]

ok ok.. I watched that movie Arranged on netflix!!!!!! Great movie..... not too serious but nice from an entertaining aspect and interesting at the same time.

[April and Mohamed 0]

ok ok.. I watched that movie Arranged on netflix!!!!!! Great movie..... not too serious but nice from an entertaining aspect and interesting at the same time.

Heeeeeeeey you got your NOA1! Contrats masha'Allah! Mabrook 3lek. So are you one of those who checks the USCIS website every day to see if they touched it again? I am...

Yeah my in-laws were trying to teach me classical Arabic when I first moved here and I was like slow down a minute! I wanted to learn darija first, because there are similarities but then sometimes the words are totally different. But I did learn one word: dajajatoon! LOL My BIL's wife is from Nador so her whole family only speaks shilha (the Berber language, although they are not Berbers) but she also speaks darija and classical Arabic because she went to school.

Btw, my darija from the northeast is very different from darija in Casa or Agadir or Marrakech, because we share a lot of words common to the Algerian dialect because we're on the border. Like in Casa they say "komira" for baguette, but out here we just say baguette! They say couscous in Casa but we say ta'3am out here like the Algerians. In Casa they say zweena, we say zeena...it goes on and on. But I like knowing both. But forget trying to watch Egyptian soap operas, they are so good but they speak way too fast! I need subs!

[nunyab 0]

ok ok.. I watched that movie Arranged on netflix!!!!!! Great movie..... not too serious but nice from an entertaining aspect and interesting at the same time.

Heeeeeeeey you got your NOA1! Contrats masha'Allah! Mabrook 3lek. So are you one of those who checks the USCIS website every day to see if they touched it again? I am...

Yeah my in-laws were trying to teach me classical Arabic when I first moved here and I was like slow down a minute! I wanted to learn darija first, because there are similarities but then sometimes the words are totally different. But I did learn one word: dajajatoon! LOL My BIL's wife is from Nador so her whole family only speaks shilha (the Berber language, although they are not Berbers) but she also speaks darija and classical Arabic because she went to school.

Btw, my darija from the northeast is very different from darija in Casa or Agadir or Marrakech, because we share a lot of words common to the Algerian dialect because we're on the border. Like in Casa they say "komira" for baguette, but out here we just say baguette! They say couscous in Casa but we say ta'3am out here like the Algerians. In Casa they say zweena, we say zeena...it goes on and on. But I like knowing both. But forget trying to watch Egyptian soap operas, they are so good but they speak way too fast! I need subs!

LMBO!!!! While there those soap operas cracked me up..... now they're supposed to be all dramatic but wow.... BZZZAaaffFFFF the eyes and someone is always cryig. My husbands Mwe (grandmother) always watches them and some times they'd have to leave me with her... can't be alone you know. And she does't speak English so we would just sit and watch these things, for hours lol. Yes I will start checking

eVER day and so will hubby I think. lol.

[nunyab 0]

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ok... soo what's this about the "Evil eye?"

[nunyab 0]

hummmm nothing??

[nana_356 0]

The evil eye is a folk belief that the envy elicited by the good luck of fortunate people may result in their misfortune, whether it is envy of material possessions including livestock, or of beauty, health, or offspring. The perception of the nature of the phenomenon, its causes, and possible protective measures, varies between different cultures.

Belief in the evil eye is found in Islamic doctrine, based upon the verse of the Qur'an, "And from the evil of the envier when he envies," [Chapter al-Falaq, verse 5][1] and the statement of Prophet Muhammad, "The influence of an evil eye is a fact..." [sahih Muslim, Book 26, Number 5427][2]. Authentic practices of warding off the evil eye are also commonly practiced by Muslims: rather than directly expressing appreciation of, for example, a child's beauty, it is customary to say Masha'Allah, that is, "God has willed it", or invoking God's blessings upon the object or person that is being admired. [3] Aside from beliefs based upon authentic Islamic texts, a number of unsubstantiated beliefs about the evil eye are found in folk religion, typically revolving around the use of amulets or talismans as a means of protection.

[SaadBell 0]

I grew up with people who were not born in this country, so I have heard all that evil eye stuff, I used to be scared of gypsies, always thought one of them had given me the evil eye, than my friend who is English told me one day that he use to fight with the gypsies all the time in England, and he is very successful, so I guess my excuse of the evil eye on me is not holding much weight. I have to say this, I claim that I have questions on God, but ask my family if I am atheist, they will say no. I was telling my mother the other day about how I feel about organized religion, and she starts yelling, you are not an atheist, you are just confused. Also olive oil is the cure all for all that ails you, and when I had some kind of pain somewhere on my body, my grandmother would say you have a cold there. ####### is that, all I ever wanted when I was young was the normal American family, the Brady bunch kinda of life, where you eat tuna casserole which to me is so American. I used to be so embarrassed when I was in school, cause when you called my house, no one was good at speaking English, and I always got the question, your family doesn’t speak English. This was in the late 60’s early 70’s, when speaking another language was not as cool as it is today, didn’t help we lived in a white neighborhood. I took after my German father who is whiter than snow, so when you look at me, you never expect my family to be dark, it always shocks people. I love that now.