Our picnic

Last weekend was the 'mother and daughters' picnic in Virginia waters. The day was beautiful and sunny, and everyone, surprise surprise turned up on time.
Arriving at the park, we sorted ourselves out and had a bit of a wander before settling down to eat.
We appeared to be attracting a lot of attention; maybe people in Surrey don't get to see a bunch of Asian women of all shapes, sizes and hues of brown enjoying the outdoors?? who knows, but one lady came up to me and said she heard a man saying 'there's a lot of them'...I'm not sure what the 'them' was referring to...being brown, or being women...hmmmmmmmmmm....

Anyway, after eating, some of the ladies decided on a game of antakshari ...I'm useless at singing in hindi/urdu/punjabi so decided to catch it on camera video...hehe...I just have to figure out how to upload it and email it to the group...

Girly fashion

I'm not sure how much of a 'girly' girl I am, but I love some of the dresses here by Fadi Nahle, a Lebanese designer. I love the veil on this wedding dress and the use of embroidery on each of the panels.

I'm also loving this one aqua number from Zuhair Murad. As you can see I like the whole layering effect. Quite Spanish inspired. The maxi style dress worn by Jenna Fischer at the Golden Globes is amazing too..Can't even imagine how much these cost...

Also absolutely loving the silhouettes and colours by Naeem Khan with some amazing oriental inspiration....

Sudanese woman in court for wearing trousers

This story has made me so angry...

Lubna Hussein is a journalist who worked at the UN and was rounded up in a cafe along with 12 other women for wearing trousers. Some of these women were flogged but Lubna chose to go to trial to challenge these charges.

I wonder what kind of Islam these people are trying to follow? What about other Muslim countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan etc where women wear loose trousers with long tops..is this also unIslamic? It seems as though regimes such as in Sudan and the Taliban in Afghanistan hold the utmost contempt for women.

Muslim women in the UK don't have to worry about being flogged for wearing trousers or whatever else we choose to wear. I believe that Islam teaches women to be modest, but it also teaches men to be modest..which is something men tend to forget. It also teaches us to be humane and just.

Where is the justice here?