Abaya Heaven..

I was always wondering were Abayas come from.. and I mean the happy, lovely and amazing ones, not the Abayat that look old and cheap, but the ones that can win your heart in one touch and sight.. the ones that are simple, soft, classy, elegant and covering..
in other words: all I long for in an outergarment!

I had the luck to get to know their home and to discover the Abaya heaven...

Just in case you ever wondered how the Abaya heaven is called... its called SunnahStyle.. could there be any name more appropriate then that?
Hmmm and how does the Abaya heaven feels?
Just let me say: silky, soft and smooth...



This one above is my first baby.. or may I better say angel?
She is called black satin sleeved butterfly...
I have it since exactly one year and im in love like at the first day!


Since I liked the style of the sleeved butterfly so much I couldn't resist to buy this darling..
Ruched Satin Sleeved Butterfly.. Music to my ears heheh



This girl is called Zahra.. and she has the most practical cut and the most wonderful dreamy-romantic embroidery..



Hmmmmmm what can I say...
Silk elegance is her name and in this case it is just sooo true!
When I wear her, somehow I cannot stop touching myself hehehehe
it feels really really amazing!!!
ohh.. and the tassle at the sleeves are very cuteee!



Well.. thats the last for today but for me definitively the first.. the queen of my heart!
Silk Elegance Full Butterfly..
I am wondering wheater it is permissible to wear this 24/7, preferably on naked skin?
Feels amazing amazing amazing!!!!


Usually I make my Abayas myself.. but it is hard to find good fabric that is floating and not see-trough and then it takes time and a sewing machine, two things I dont have at the moment. Last time I bought an Abaya in Paris, together with "ma robe de Paris".. it is pretty nice and has the about the same price as the ones from SunnahStyle which is usually under 40€ but the quality of fabric and sewing is not at all comparable with SunnahStyle..
Sooo... that means that as long as I can I will always return to the Abaya Heaven to visit all the lovely angels there and see if I can take one of them home with me... So basicly its like having a piece of heaven at home..

Les Huitres

Les Huitres..
Today after our coût et contrôle exam, Thi and I went to the old port to have lunch and relax a bit.. and for the first time we had huitres!!!
In the beginning we got very scared coz Thi Haos huitre was moving when she touched her!!!
So we thought she might still move in our mouth!!!

After first moments of scare it was actually pretty tasty!!!
It tastes like cucumber with salt!!!
It has a very refreshing taste but not really extraordinary and its consistency is not gellyish like I thought but more like the inside of cucumbers...

Would be a perfect thing to eat at the beach I can imagine!!!

lingerie... or: sexieness is for everyone?

Hmmm something very interesting I just found...
An german lingerie comercial using a completely veiled lady to attract attention.

Sexiness for everyone from Glow Berlin on Vimeo.

I think I dont like the commecrial..
or: I like the commercial but do not like the idea of men watching it...
the slogan is "sexieness for everyone" even for muslim ladies?
wow, who would have thought that even muslim ladies could be sexy..
didn't we learned that muslim ladies are only oppressed and dont care about their appearance at all coz anyways nobody will se them???
(when I was still at school a girl once came to me and asked why I did care about having nice hair. I didnt even have to have hair since nobody would see it anyways... ahaaaa.. sure!)
except maybe her husband but he will neglect her anyway and just use her as his maid..
aren't I right???

So, on one hand I like the commercial because for the first time it shows muslim women as ladies who are feminine and not as badly treated maids who only exist to serve their husbands and have millions of babies.
But on the other hand i dislike that this will only encrease the phantasies that some men already have about veiled women..
"from the outside she might appear all innocent but at home she goes crazy.."
In the same way I dont want men to see me in lingerie, i dont want them to imagin me wearing it.. and I dont think this commercial will reduce mens imagination...

Besides:
Usually it is a rule that the more you are covered, the more respect you get...
But I might to be wrong with that impression since once I was in a certain district of paris which was mostly arabic (and specially arabs should understand the concept of veiling). I was completely covered but treated as I would be strutting down the street with nothing more on my body then high heels and stockings!!!
Like they had never heared the word respect ever before..
I even had to cover my face to be treated with a minimum of decency!!

sooo.. talking about respect, male fantasies and sexieness... ;)

In the Names of Allah 6/26 and 7/26

I have neglected this series for too long..
but I haven't forgotten its importance,
so I am back with it now, al hamdoulilah!

I am back - back home?

Im back in France..
and some how I feel like beeing back home as well.
I thought that I had been going home when I went to germany but I guess that thought turned out to be wrong.
I felt homeless and some how I still do.
I felt like swimming in a big sea with no ground under my feet, not knowing where the next wave would take me.. unstable maybe..
Sure I had nice days with even nicer people, being with my family and friends made me taste the warmth and comfort of being loved again...
But being home? No, I didn't felt like being home.

So.. back in France I still don't feel home.
But the routine I find here, back in my appartment, back at university, gives me stability again and lets me feel the ground under my feet.

So, please notice: routine makes me feel happy..
I guess I am really very german in that point!!!

But for me, the best thing of being back in France is defenitively that i have my Abaya back which makes me feel just so comfortable and protected. And that I have my own place I belong to, even if its just for a short time, its completely mine and I am completely welcome and cared of, simply because it is me who welcomes my self and takes care of myself and I am probably the best in doing that.

Happy New Year

Prayer for Guidance - Salatul Istikhaara

This is an amazing lecture on salatul istikhaara and on putting your trust in Allah only. Allah will inshallah guide us if we just ask him sincerely for guidance and put our trust in Him, put our heart in his hands.
Just Allah knows whats best for us and inshallah He will guide us the right was and make us happy with what he has planned for us. Ameen



The imam is of vietnameese origine and mashallah he is shining of happyness.

Dreaming...