by Umm Shayma | Mar 31, 2013 | Travel
When Abu Shayma and I decided to make the journey to Mauritania extra special for our children. We came across this amazing website http://www.seat61.com. I got very excited at the thought of traveling across France, Spain and Morocco to reach our final destination-...
by Umm Shayma | Mar 9, 2013 | Education, Travel
They ask: “why Mauritania and not Egypt nor The Gulf?? I reply: “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” Ralph Waldo Emerson I received a call yesterday from my husband. Since his return to London, he...
by Umm Shayma | Feb 17, 2013 | News, Travel
“And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, “We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion.” [Ibrahim 13] “They said, “And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out...
by Umm Shayma | Feb 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
As I am sitting down in my garden in this beautiful part of Nouakchott, Mauritania. Enjoying the cool breeze of the Atlantic Ocean and the warmth of being situated, on the Edge of the Sahara… Almost a year after our departure from what I would’ve called...
