This is ProductMuslim.com’s first review on e-Alim Digital Quran.

The device is really cool (I actually ended up buying two of them). Very handy for taking on public transport as well as courses and lectures. Aside from Quran, Tafseer and Hadith Books, it also contains some useful extras like Riyadh-us-Saaliheen and Hisn-ul-Muslim. Makes a great gift. Look forward to your comments!

Design – 4/5 Stars
Usability – 3/5 Stars
Content – 4/5 Stars
Price – 3/5 Stars
Overall – 3.5/5 Stars

For more on e-Alim visit: www.moon-tech.com

Good things come in small Pakis

I sat on my Aunt’s couch in North York checking mail as usual when my cousin walked into the house and threw something at me:

“Check this out. What do you think? I got it at Noor Cultural Centre.”

For a minute I thought I was holding up a rumpled Pakistani flag in my hand and then realized it was a T-shirt that said, in bold white letter across the front:

“Good things come in small Pakis.”

The simplicity in design, effective play with words, and a touch of color genius using deep green and white colors (which immediately made my mind connect with the Pakistani flag) brought a smile to my face.

I don’t think a single day has passed when I’ve worn this shirt (usually at the gym) when people don’t come up to me and say something like:

“Hey, nice shirt dude/man/buddy.”

(surprisingly its not FOBs who come up to me but mostly CBCDs – pardon my acronyms).

After acknowledging undeserving compliments on the shirt for about a year now (I didn’t even buy the darn thing!), the icing on the cake happened when I attended a Muay Thai class in Karachi, Pakistan and I got the same reaction from a local brother. I finally decided that enough was enough – this called for a review on ProductMuslim!

Moral of the story – Hijabman is a genius because his work is universal, catches attention, and stimulates the intellect. Check out more of his work like ‘Make Chai Not War’ and ‘Whoops… there goes my wudu’ on Hijabman.com.

Hijabman, we hope to see more great things emanate from your brand – let us know how we can support you.

Fi AmanAllah!

While on my flight back from Karachi to Toronto I was browsing through the in-flight, consumer product catalogue. Initially my eyes stopped at the Travelling Prayer Mat and Qibla Finder package, not because it seemed like such an awesome product, but because it was the only thing I could really afford! I decided it would be a nice experiment purchase and decided to purchase one. It turns out it was one of the best $5 I had ever spent. The package contained a prayer mat, made out of a fine material that neatly folded up into a small rectangle and a qibla finder that was easy to hang to my car keychain – it is surprisingly accurate. A few months after I landed back in Toronto, a friend of mine saw the Qibla finder dangling from my key chain and loved it so much that he asked me if he could have it (that doesn’t happen much!). 

Anyway, this is an awesome product and could be a great gift for Muslims. I would highly recommend grabbing a few of these when you are on a Muslim airline (I learnt that Saudi Air offers this product as well when I did a google search). They are also useful to keep in the car for when you’re on the road.