A Little Bit About Me
Note: I was born in the UK and English is my first language. I have come to realise I can develop a much better rapport with people whose first language is English, due to the way I like to speak with people.
I have a passion for Arabic, I completed my Masters in Arabic Linguistics and have been teaching Arabic for over 20 years, most recently through my website. When teaching Arabic I fully come alive and get into flow, and it is my dream to make it accessible knowledge so people can witness for themselves the beauty of the linguistic miracle of the Quran.
I had put the teaching on hold for the past few years as I have been homeschooling my children (two girls age 14 and 9, and a 3 year old boy), but now they are a little older I have been able to reestablish teaching the online course in Qur'anic Arabic that I developed. I would love to meet someone who is as excited about the Arabic as I am, even if they don't know any yet but want to learn (yes, I'm offering to teach you!)
I am trying to raise my children to take life in their stride, and we love to be goofy and silly together A LOT, but it is essential that Islam comes at the centre of it all, both in spirit and in practice and we are all working towards Hifdh together.
I am a free-spirited, laissez-faire "hippie" at heart, (but always within the dictates of the deen). I love being at one with nature and animals, and prefer to do things in a way that seems right to me rather in the way they "should" be done as dictated by society.
I love to travel and spend extended periods of time in countries to truly experience their different cultures; throughout my life I have lived in Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Egypt, India , Malaysia, Qatar and rural Zambia. I would love to travel more and be able to show my children that the world is more expansive than the little bubble in which we live. Very recently we took a 2000km road trip around Bosnia, and I'd love to do more of this in the future.
I am a true INFP. I am a creative, spontaneous, very easy-going and optimistic person. I am very light-hearted and jolly, love to joke and laugh (sometimes too much), and I'm forever reluctant (admittedly, to a fault) to take off my rose-coloured glasses.
I value kindness, gentleness and good manners; I absolutely hate any form of bad language, rudeness and swearing. I am very friendly, affectionate and warm, and am happy to try to converse with almost anyone. (NOTE: I have come to realise that trying to draw conversation with some people is like trying to draw blood from a stone. If you need to be dragged into conversation, please save both our time 🙃).
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What I Am Looking For
I am looking for a "life partner" in the truest sense of the word, who will encourage me to strive for the pleasure of Allah and Jannah.
Someone mature in their outlook, humble and easy-going, who shares the same values and outlook on life. It is essential that he is kind, gentle, kind, generous - did I mention kind? - with his family, and that he will be an involved positive presence for my children.
Someone who is compassionate and affectionate, who I can laugh with and freely communicate with about all issues, big or small.
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