This is my first Blog Entry for the Madinah Blog

In this blog I'll be talking about life in "The City of Prophecy", al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia, also known as Home.

Coming from Miami to live in this amazing city is quite an experience. So for those of you interested in what is going on in Madinah, or are interested in a personal viewpoint of life as a student in the Islamic University of Madinah, check up on this blog every once in a while.

Note: For those of you not very familiar with the Arabic language, "al-" which precedes Madinah's name translates to "the" and "Madinah" means "City" and "al-" is dropped normally from the name of the city.
It's longer arabic name is "al-Madinah an-Nabawiyyah", or "The City of Prophecy (The Prophet's City)"
From amongst Madinah's other names:

Taabah
Taibah
ad-Daar
Daar al-Hijrah

Some quick facts about Madinah from WikiPedia:
Medina /mɛˈdiːnə/ (Arabic: المدينة المنورة /ælmæˈdiːnæl muˈnɑwːɑrɑ/ or المدينة /ælmæˈdiːnæ/; also transliterated into English as Madinah) is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. It currently has a population of 918,889 (2004 census). Medina is located at 24.50° N 39.5833° E. Medina was originally known as Yathrib, but later the city's name was changed to Madīnat an-Nabī (ﻣﺩﯾﻨﺔ ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻲ /mæˈdiːnæt æˈnːæbiː/ "city of the prophet") or Al Madīnah al Munawwarah ("the enlightened city" or "the radiant city"), while the short form Medina simply means "city".