Comments on: Cheveux http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/ CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM REFLECTIONS ON THE BREADTH OF LIFE Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:14:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ego Boost « Between Hope & Fear http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-16018 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:28:01 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-16018 [...] about hair removal. Maybe because, in a sadistic way, it really does feel good. Here are Baraka’s timeless words on this [...]

]]> By: Baraka http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15946 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:45:04 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15946 Salaam dears,

Aisha: Glad it made you chuckle at work :)

My sister Amo shaved her daughter’s unibrow once too – much to our collective consternation!

Umm Salihah: Of course, Murphy’s Law being alive and well, both my boys have lovely smooth, hairless faces and bodies.

Isn’t that always the way of it though?! *sigh

Warmly,
Baraka

]]> By: Umm Salihah http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15943 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:20:53 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15943 Salaam Barakah,
Mr Moo!!! thats my favourite Punjabi saying – have to be careful though, people take it the wrong way sometimes.

Brother Haleem…If you don’t see it , it doesn’t exist right?

Hmm, as a fellow purelander (I wondered which part of Pakistan that was when I started reading), I totally recognise this – ahem – issue. My little girl has a lovely unibrow and mooch which is concerning me deeply (I don’t want to gice her a complex at 5, but I’m yanking it off soon as she turns 13). Of course, Murphy’s Law being alive and well, both my boys have lovely smooth, hairless faces and bodies.

]]> By: aisha http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15924 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:29:49 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15924 Chuckling while I read this at work!
My younger daughter has the notorious unibrow, and her distressed father actually surreptitiously shaved it one day! Thankfully it didn’t come back doubled!
But i have to admit I did the uptan rub once on her forehead… also inexplicable hairy, and it did reduce the growth, but I didn’t have the heart to do it again.

]]> By: Baraka http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15923 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:36:01 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15923 Salaam dear and I’m glad you liked it! :)

Haven’t seen you around in awhile – hope all is well!

Warmly,
Baraka

]]> By: seekingnoor http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15921 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:48:57 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15921 salaam baraka – this was awesome! I am american but still have the same issues :) love your wittiness on a sensitive subject :)

]]> By: Baraka http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15920 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:38:17 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15920 Salaams friends,

This was such a fun piece to write – I’m glad you all enjoyed it too! :)

MM, alhamdolillah the memorial service on Sunday really gave us all closure so we are doing much better. And my sister’s arrival with her three adorable kids also helped a great deal. Thanks so much for asking!

Warmly,
Baraka

]]> By: Muse http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15917 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:51:42 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15917 This was the first post I ever read of yours and I was hooked forever after :)

]]> By: maximus mercury http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15913 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:16:34 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15913 Tell me about it, girl! Out of my countably finite greatest fears in life, the greatest by far is ever having to spend any significant amount of time in a hospital (away from my grooming resources) or being examined by a white, no scratch that, *any* doctor… the self-loathing of furry pakistani women can be fully understood, I believe, only by their own kind. And Pakistani waxing ladies really play on that, taking great glee in telling their customers how hairy they are as they cash in on each and every strand…

I like the hunter in the Serengeti analogy. Spot on.

Waisay – lighter topics aside, I hope you and your family are doing better this week.

]]> By: Haleem http://othermatters.org/2008/06/03/cheveux/#comment-15912 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:43:47 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-15912 this was funny… though thankfully / mercifully inaccurate when it comes to my wife!… or maybe….

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