My daughters were playing the other day, when my father turns and warns me never to leave the girls alone for too long because they might…
Author: Hadeel Alaini
Hadeel Alaini
Hadeel Alaini was born and raised in Washington, D.C. until she was abruptly thrown into the Middle East for high school. She graduated from AUC where she met her husband. She then decided to pursue her teaching career and completed her teaching certificate and masters in early education from The College of New Jersey. Hadeel continued teaching for a while until she welcomed her first baby girl Lana. Lana was shortly followed by her sister Zein. Now Hadeel spends her time going out, blogging, momming, and planning weddings for The Wedding Agency.
I have a big mouth. For those of you who know me, that’s no surprise. I have a problem keeping it shut. Whether its overeating or…
If the revolution had begun on January 25, 2009 rather than 2011, my positions on everything would have been completely different. If I hadn’t had my…
When I first moved here in 1999 all I wanted was to leave. Literally. I wanted to take the first flight out of this noisy polluted…
Mommy commercials used to warm my heart. The ones where the toddler is running around a sparkling clean house and the supermodel mom is smiling from…
Once you become a parent, the way you think about the world changes. Suddenly you feel like you need to dig out your superhero cape and…
Once you wake up from the crazy baby coma that follows the week after delivery, it starts to sink in. You get home, unpack and lie…
According to Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross, there are 5 stages of grief. And I’m here to tell you that they apply perfectly to pregnancy. It all…
Life isn’t as easy as it used to be; people have their own struggles and demons to conquer, but so help me God if one…
After speaking to the masterminds behind 10 (the new hip salon that just hit Zamalek), I decided to check it out for myself. The salon…