travel

During the summer, a number of young Muslims from North America visit Muslim countries (usually the birthplace of their parents). While such visits help maintain ties with relatives, they also pose a number of challenges.

Visiting relatives should not mean spending time only at home to bond and hang out. These trips can be used to benefit you and your hosts in many other ways. Check out these 11 ideas and add yours too at the bottom with feedback.

This brief list of traveling tips when going to a conference, convention, or anywhere else aim to help you and your family have a more pleasant, problem-free travel experience. It also includes important Duas (supplications) and practices from the Sunnah relating to traveling.

Attending a Muslim conference or convention is a wonderful experience. But there are ways to enhance it beyond meeting the same friends, attending the same kinds of lectures, and doing the same things we do year after year. Here are nine ways to make even more out of the your attendance this year. 

Isn't it sad that extremists on both sides dominate the news and it is innocent Muslims who have problems traveling because of their skin color, faith and country of origin? Americans are fearful of traveling to most parts of the world. Muslims are afraid of coming back to their own homes.

Summer isn't the only time to go sightseeing or vacationing. Winter break offers you the opportunity to play tourist as well. Here are some places to check out during this time off. 

Educating yourself and your family about the US civil rights movement can start with books and family discussions. But it shouldn't end there. You can learn much more about this critical struggle for equal rights by taking a cross-country civil rights tour.