Pomegranate a day, keeps the doctor away!

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

Alexandrians gathered on 26th march at Yusraa for one of Kebajikan's program; "Let's talk about food." Now if u think it was a typical video sharing and get-about talk, well it's more than that because everybody leaves today acknowledging and appreciating more of our body and our health.

You ever get so sick of people saying and reminding us to take good care of our health? To exercise often? To eat vegetables and live a healthy diet life blablabla?. Well, after watching the documentary hosted by world famous chef Jamie Oliver it sure knocked senses into us! The video features the food we eat; fast food, junk food, even the health result of a vegetarian and a non-obese person. Just because u're not fat so you think u're healthy?. Think again! In an experiment in this video, the obese guy ran longer than the normal-weight guy. And result shows that the normal weight guy has more fats than the obese. So again..life aren't that simple. Being healthy is something we need to strive for and maintain it. How?. First maybe is by being moderate in everything we eat! Lil bit of fruits, veges, meats, milk, rice and fats..how hard can that be?. :)

The real eye opener was a corpse of an obese man. And what was underneath his skin?. All the fat layers covering the heart and pushing up the lungs causing him to his death. It shows half of his intestine areas was huge lumps of fats! How gross was that?? So again we ask, do we want to be like that person? Do we want to eat ourself to death?? Oh please no, because health is a crown that was awarded for us ONCE. We treasure it..take real good care of it cause once we lose it..we've lost it all. So all, let's start living the way we should be living by exercising, eating the good stuff and stay away from the danger zone..shall we?. ;))

To sum all this up, a very big 'THANK YOU' for:

1. Our chefs of the day; Ukt Sakinah with her healthy yet yummy Okonomiyaki. And ukt Sarah for the all time favourite; Shepard's pie. 
2. Our invited speaker; Ukt Liyana for sharing her experience in cooking and eating while overseas.
3. Our Kebajikan Unit; leader-ed by Ukt Fadhlina and her 2 best women; Ukt Zurainah and Ukt Ulfah for making this evening a successful one! 
4. Last but not least, to the supportive Alexandrian girls who came and made this day even possible!. 

May Allah showered his endless blessings and gifts on us. Hope we've benefited from this program and to the programs yet to come! 

Next event; Seeking the ray of light. So till then, take care all! <3<3

Thank you,

Liyana Abd Rahaim.

Year 2, Syariah Islamiyah.

p/s: below are some of th pics taken on that day. :). enjoy.

Kerohanian; Seeking the ray of light

Seeking the ray of light part 1

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Seeking the ray of light, the given name for weekly program conducted by keroHONEYan unit. As for the first program, it was held at masjid Uthman Bin Uthman, Asofirah. All of us gathered for maghrib prayer in jemaah and also short briefing of what to expect from keroHONEYan programs. New programs such as dars, tasmi Quraan & selected few hadith will come right up before us. So stay tuned to follow up our upcoming activities.

Next, to Gami’ Amru bin Al As.. The porpose of going there is to show them where the dars held. The Alex babes need to take note the dates to join the dars by popular sheikh, Sheikh 3alaa’.

Before we go back home, there was tazkirah by sis Umai & Mardhiah and also sharing session with all. 

Last words from me; as naib raisah of KeroHONEYan, Praises all to HIM because to have this opportunity to conduct few events. It’s a good start because I learn something new and benefits me a lot for the future. Although I don’t have the skill, hoping with the help of the members in community and also the support that I have from alex babes, insya Allah, we could make all this happen.

Also, I highlighted that dakwah is not easy as I thought. Dakwah ilal kheir minnafsi thumma ilal gama3ah 3amatan.. Big yet simple, dakwah begins with me J

Deep in my heart, Im really sorry for the late updates of keroHONEYan.

From a humble & petite writer;

Siti Nurliyana Binte Mohamed Hairi.

Exco Visit,

Salam everyone

On the 5th of march 2010, we were honored to welcome our respected Perkemas excos for their visit here in Alex. The event was held at Yusra a.k.a the house of our beloved mandubah. On the actual day, we served them variety of dishes for their lunch as they had a long and tiring journey from Cairo to Alex.

After settling down, the ta'aruf session started, followed by the speech from the president of Perkemas; Fakhrur Radzi. Some important issues were brought up such as our safety precautions, the activities happening in Cairo, subsidies for our Alex babes and such. The excos also officialised the Lajnahs' @ Alex.

We also did share bits n pieces of our life stories here in Alex, along with our new updates of the lajnah through slideshows which consist from 1-lajnah kebajikan 2-lajnah kerohanian and  3- lajnah academic. Alhamdulillah, we were well supported by the excos and we hope that everything would sail smoothly for us insyaAllah.

Finally du'a was recited as the closure for the exco visit of 2009/2010.

Every goodbye makes the next hello closer
Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime
We'll take the best, forget the rest
and someday we'll find these are the best of times
It is the end of something simple
but the beginning of everything else


p/s: thanks for the hamper :)

Noor jannah Binte Ramli

Year one, Syariah Islamiah

With an open arms..

On wednesday, 9th December 2009 Alexandrian girls were blessed to share an evening session with our beloved asatizahs from Singapore. Other than spending their time holiday-ing with their beloved ones here in Egypt,they decided to visit us regardless their busy schedule and we thank them and Allah for that. Qola Ta'la in his noble Quran:

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوباً وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا

"O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honourable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has At-Taqwa [i.e. one of the Muttaqun (pious - see V.2:2)]. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware." (Surah Hujuraat; 13)

Through experienced and studies,the asatizahs were equipped with opinions, views and advices for us to become a better student with greater achievements. At the same time,preparing us with some brief expectation from the society of an intellectual dai' in today's challenging world.
Some of the points highlighted was the importance of reading not just kuliah subjects by Aljunied's vice principal; Ustaz Mokson Mahori,it is also a key to becoming an intelligent preacher.
Aljunied's Executive Director; Ustaz Md Murat Md Aris, also shared with us tips on success and a key to that is to SET A TARGET.
This reminds me of a saying; "Always aim for the sky, for if u fall at least you can reach the clouds."

Over some beverages and tea, Ust Murat also encouraged us to continue seeking for knowledge; (regardless Islamic or academic) as both are important for success in this world and hereafter. He also expressed his worries on the generation gap between the 'experienced' asatizahs and us, that might cause insecurities and doubts from the society. Therefore as the future dai', it is important for us to understand the different problems or issues during the asatizahs' era and the current issues in our era so we could tackle the issues wisely.

On one short evening, Alexandrians were touched by their warmth and care despite our small number which is around 20 girls BUT with their thoughts we were able to gather our strength and start to believe that WE TOO CAN achieve and succeed. They motivated, they inspired and they assured us that we are not alone. Before their goodbye, emails were exchanged in hope to continue this ukhuwah and for them to be there in our need for advices or guidance for THEY ARE THE CANDLES THAT LIGHT OUR DARKNESS. :)

With this, we thank them, Teacher Khairiana and husband, Ustaz Affendi, Ustaz Zakir and wife, Ustaz Mokhsan and family, Ustaz Murat and family for their thoughts and care. Last but not least, our sister Aisyah and 2 brothers, Muhammad and Salleh from Cairo for assisting in this gathering.

We pray that we'll be given another opportunity to share such blissful meeting and may Allah shower His endless love and blessings towards each and everyone of us.
We also would like to take this opportunity to apologise on any of our short- comings during the visit. Hopefully everyone has benefited from the event. Amiiiin.

From the two of us sincerely;
Liyana and Hazimah Ulfah.
2nd year, Syariah Islamiyah '09

Birthday Celebrations cum Farewell party

Salams to all!
May you be in the best state of health and iman. Aamin.

Alhamdulillah, we the the Alex babes had once again gathered on 3rd Dec- for the third time,
officially at Beit Farawlah in celebrating the winter babies' birthday (those born in oct, nov and dec),
and also a surprise farewell party for our beloved senior sister Hidayah.
the main purpose of having this kind of gathering, is to strengthen the ukhuwwah between us,
to acknowledge their birth (part of Allah's creation) and at the same time having fun together (:

Started with an opening speech by Sister Hazimah Ulfah, and folowwed by an old-school game- PYRAMID
organised by the duo sister Fadhlina and Sister H.Ulfah from The Welfare Unit.
it was an exiciting game, that made us all shout and laugh all the way trough it
the two groups- "kami" and "jannah" - was so eager to answer and solve the question.
we also played the game W.L.I.A ( who's line is it any way ), a game that really test our creativity.

in the middle of this two games, we actually had a break. we performed our isyak prayers together,
and then enjoy our supper- firakh masywi (grilled chicken), fatirah (murtabak), sliced guavas
and lemonade as the thirst quencher. YUMMY!

next- right after the second game- we proceed to the cake-cutting session.
a yummy-est choc-fruity cake shared by us all. nice!

and yeah! the last event of the day, a suprised farewell party for sister hidayah!
a video presentation, award giving session, and a farewell gift from us; Alex babes.
it was a touching moment. especially when sister hidayah gave her last speech to us.

"bila Allah berikan kite sesuatu ujian, kite harus fikir bahawa setiap ujian pasti akan ada kemanisannya,
sentiasalah bersangka baik kepada Allah"

"kak dayah sayang korang semua"

and yes sister hidayah! we all love you too. you're the bestest senior we ever had.

and that bestly suits the award of being 'The Best Senior' of Alex.

Here are some of the pictures..

I guess that's all for now.
I hope readers out there, would care to pray for us all,
as our fisrt sem examination is just around the corner.

Till we meet again.. insyaAllah (:
Wassalamu 'alaikum wr. wb.


el-faqeerah ila Allah,

Nurushshahidah bte Sabran
Year 1 Lughah