The Swimmers: An Interview With Syrian Olympian Yusra Mardini
“When I swam through the ocean to safety, I never thought of a movie being made of my life because millions of other refugees went…
7 Lessons on Love I Wish I Had Known Earlier
Ever since I can remember, I’ve heard elders around me say “Love isn’t enough. It’s good to have love in a relationship but it isn’t…
5 Ways That Khadijah (RA) and Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ marriage challenges current norms
Many of us have heard the story of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid – the daughter of Quraysh leader Khuwaylid ibn Asad, she was a successful businesswoman…
14 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Black Friday Deals
Black Friday is here, and it seems to have started earlier this year. While this day has been critiqued for overindulgence in consumerism, given the…
Amaliah Agony Aunt: Am I being immodest if I take the first step and tell a man I’m interested in him?
We know that Amaliah is like a Big Sis and sometimes our DMs have been filled with requests for advice on a range of life…
The Muslim Penalty: How Britain’s Muslims Are Facing The Worst of the Cost of Living and Climate Crisis
A hum of anxiety across the nation intensifies as the UK’s cost of living crisis looms large; coupled with a summer of intense heat waves,…
The Key to Unlocking an Abundance Mindset
“The best is yet to come, and won’t that be fine? You think you’ve seen the sun, but you ain’t seen it shine.” — Frank…
10 subtle signs you could be in an abusive marriage
Many of us may have grown up believing that an abusive marriage looked like the ones portrayed on TV shows and movies, where the woman…
Andalusia Guide: What to See, Eat and Do and Where to Stay in Southern Spain
Spain is our favourite holiday haunt as a young family. Before COVID lockdown we would go yearly as my eldest was under 3. This year…
Suicide in the Muslim community: Why It Happens and How We Can Prevent It
TW: This post discusses suicide, suicidal ideation, bereavement and death Suicide is rarely discussed in the Muslim community and as a result many Muslims are …
The Rise of the Muslim Incel: Ideological Victim Blaming and Its harm to Muslim women and men
The internet is a place of extremes. While the risks of a global information and communication system built on binaries has long been foretold,…
Being An Ambitious Woman in my community
Hayaat explores through her own lens and others what a Muslim Woman in Nigeria face when pursuing their ambitions and how culture and religion factor…
Author Zoulfa Katouh shares insights into “As long as the lemon Trees grow”
As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow is the debut novel by Syrian-Canadian author, Zoulfa Katouh. A pharmacist, masters student in drug sciences and a…
5 ways to embrace a guilt-free working mum life
If you’re a Muslim working mum like me, then you’ll know that working life comes with frantic schedules, stigmatised remarks and a whole lot of…
Six reasons to study Arabic
There are as many reasons to study Arabic as there are students of the language. With their individual backstories and nuanced intentions, it is not…
How to find the right house share
Moving homes can be incredibly overwhelming, especially when doing it alone. Not only is there the logistical stress and turmoil of finding somewhere new, but…
Letters to your Younger Self: Trust in God’s Blueprint
Dear Younger self, This is not a story of the past. It is a story of your future, although I’ll try not to include…
Navigating my home – the war zone that was my parents marriage
I grew up in a broken home and I’ve spent countless moments in my life where I’ve wished I was someone else, experiencing a different…
7 Black Muslim Women That Shaped Islamic History
Black Muslims have Islamic heritage all over the world. From East to West Africa, the Caribbean and both North and South America. There’s the Mali…
Amaliah Book Club: What We’re Reading This October 2022
Another month, another Amaliah Book Club roundup! Here’s what the Amaliah team has been reading this month, an eclectic list including two sensational reads by…
The Prophetic dish for sadness cooked during times of grief
Prescribed practices like making ablution and offering the five daily prayers can instill in us discipline, as well as serve as a remedy to the…
Muslim Marriage Crisis: A Photo series exploring the reality for Muslim women
The Isms Project by Nailah Dean is a photo series documenting the Muslim Marriage Crisis from the perspective of Muslim Women. It looks at being divorced, sizeism…
The language of compassion during conflict
This piece explores the power of language in conflict in our lives and specifically in marriage. We know that words are powerful and once said they…
Hijabi Discrimination in Turkey and what it means being called “Kapali”
Bushra takes a closer look at the discrimination that hijabi women otherwise referred to “Kapali” face in Turkey. With Turkey often tooted as the place…
What Draws So Many Muslim Women to Jane Austen?
Literature enthusiast Syraat Al Mustaqeem takes a deep dive into the world of Jane Austen adaptations to understand why so many Muslim women are drawn to her…
In Search of Sex Ed for Muslim Women rooted in Islam
Sex and sexuality are always instant clickbait buzzwords, garnering attention no matter what the context. In the Muslim community, the reaction has long been one…
‘My Home, My Bari’ the latest Museum of Home Installation
From ‘supporting artist to young artist’ Anisah Yaminah lets us know that South Asian Muslim women ‘are and have been making themselves known.’ The idea…
Can a Muslim woman marry an Atheist?
We know that Amaliah is like a Big Sis and sometimes our DMs have been filled with requests for advice on a range of life…
The Digital Sisterhood: Where women create, women make space
The much talked about and praised new podcast from The Digital Sisterhood has been praised for its comforting and Islam-centred focus which hits on a…
Have You Ever Used Your Own Name in a Story?
Children’s book author Razeena Omar Gutta explores the use of names in books and whether marginalised writers should use their own names. She poses the…
Why I did not celebrate the Islamic new year
Writer Zehra Kamani shares her experiences of the Muslim New Year and why mourning is an important part of this time of year. Zehra looks…
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Join the Race
In this prose piece, this writer explores timelines and milestones through an infant’s life as a first time mother. It carries a message around the…
British Negligence and State Supported Child Trafficking of Shamima Begum
Shamima Begum, the teenage Muslim school girl from Britain, the ordeal she faced and the way in which her and her now murdered school friends…
14 Lessons on Friendship From the Qur’an and Sunnah
In this piece we explore what Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) have taught us on how to approach friendship for the sake of Allah, the…
The Problem with Marriage CVs in my community
We take a look at challenges and problems with marriage CVs from the perspective of a Bangladeshi Muslim and how they can propagate issues of…
12 Things I Can’t Reconcile About Islam As A Muslim Woman
A response to “12 Things I Can’t Reconcile About Islam as a Muslim Woman” is now available here. I don’t mean to antagonise, I am…
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