Monday, August 10, 2009

Cannon Hill Park - Changing Times




Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabaraktuh

inshaAllah everyone is well

Yesterday,late afternoon my dad and I decided to go to Cannon Hill Park. We usually just go to our local parks for a walk but yesterday I fancied going a little further. I have many fond memories in that park and while I was there yesterday I started to reminisce ,playing during summer in the huge(well seemed like it at the time) adventure playground,boat rides,climbing trees,wearing shorts and tee shirts,or sometimes pink frocks with pink plastic sunglasses LOL,taking pictures by flowerbeds and shaking hands with clowns on stilts! The park was almost identical to the one I remember many years ago but there one massive change I coudn't help noticing; the people.

Years ago I would see many non muslim white faces and saw the odd asian family here and there but hardly ever saw a sister with hijaab or a brother with a beard. (There maybe a few but I may have missed them because I was too busy playing!) Yesterday I saw many Muslim families and soooo many hijabi sisters mashaAllah. The park is usually quite busy espcially in summer and really ideal for family days out. I saw many hijabi sisters having picnics with families,taking a walk, one bike riding and there was even a group of hijabi sisters playing badminton. I really loved the atmosphere mashaAllah and glad to have seen so many Muslim sisters and brothers. It was a positive image of Islam in todays age of media stereotype. Ethnically it was a nice mix of ,Indian, bangladeshi,pakistani,arabs,chinese, african and jamacian to name a few. I mean the style of hijabs was so diverse that the team at hijabshigh blog would have had a field day!

I guess the point is that alhamdulillah I think our community is changing and many young sisters have started to embrace the hijaab and brothers the beard.

Yesterday as I watched the people pass by on a warm breezy evening I was proud of my city, different coloured faces,a range of clothing,heard many languages. So diverse.

until next time
wasalam

8 comments:

Queen said...

it looks so beautiful there, where is it? Mashallah, hey im at my mums hun and im so so happy mashallah!!!

eternal peace said...

its cannon hill park in edgbaston birmingham sis,its making me smile from the inside to hear you say 'i'm so happy' mashaAllah may Allah alwayss always keep you happy my queen
wasalam
xxx

Queen said...

edgbaston, how far is that from places like small heath? I shopped in birmingham about 5 months ago, at sitara i got this sari for a mendhi ( forced buy ) but a great bargain, it was priced at 110 and i know they just do that so it looks like they're giving you a discount, but the lady looked so tired and just said what do you want to pay I said 60 and that was it!

eternal peace said...

lol hey next time you come down maybe we can link thats if you want reveal your identity lol if not i totally understand sitara can be ok i like it coz if i biy soemthing i can get jeweller and shoes to match in same shop heheh i'm a lazy shopper
edgbaston is probably like 3-4 miles away from smallheath and stratford road(wer sitara is)

Queen said...

i dont mind revealing my identity to you if you keep it quiet..... I dont know why but i really have this gut feeling that we could actually know each other already in a long winded way, i bet you any money there is some sort of link, this kinda thing happens to me all the time! But on the other hand I dont actually know any girls who have just brothers. don't take this in a bad way but i would like to get to know you more, im just so insecure about this whole thing!

eternal peace said...

i dont like revealing my idnetity wholly on my blog either lol i prefer keeping anonymous so inshaAllah we can get to know one another through email or soemthing
wasalam
xxx

Queen said...

salam sis hope that you are well, havent heard from you in a while so I really hope that you are okay, Ramadhan mubarak sis.may Allah bless you.

eternal peace said...

walaikum salaam sis alhamdulillah i'm well just got back from holiday yesterday hence the lack of blogging,ramadhaan mubarak to you too hun,please remember me in du'as wasalam xxx