How to start a book club – a 10 step guide
The benefits of reading are well known by most of us; it can increase our understanding of the world, open up new horizons, reduce stress,…
Dr HANX: The 13 contraceptive options
We talk to our resident Doctor, Dr. Hanx on different topics, relatable to all of you HANX guys and girls. No nonsense, educational posts…
5 Names Of Allah To Help Us Deal With Grief And Loss
More than ever, the subject of death has touched all of us so closely during this pandemic. The numbers that we hear—as abstract as they…
11 Goal setting tips from the Amaliah community
Each fortnight we put out a poll to the Amaliah Instagram community with the aim to find better answers for all of life’s obstacles, ideas for…
Women in the Qur’ān: 8 Lessons we can take from Maryam Peace be Upon her
The Qur’ān is not an arbitrary book that we read and store in an adorned cover on a pretty shelf. The Qur’ān is a book…
Praying regularly: Overcoming my trials and tribulations with salah
As Muslims, we are taught that prayer is one of our five pillars, and essential for a Muslim lifestyle. Duas are a key part of…
Episode 1 of Lights featuring Angelica Lindsey-Ali answered : “I’m in a sexless marriage, it’s been over 2 years since we’ve had sex”
Sex, intimacy and female pleasure within the context of Islam. These aren’t all too often talked about subjects within the muslim community. Amaliah.com are excited…
Journalling benefits: “For me it is a therapy”
My journey with journaling started 5 years ago. I experienced some life changes, and with these changes, I found myself feeling often lost, sad, lonely,…
For Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones: Riding the waves of grief
Feeling endless heartbreak after loss is natural, normal and not in opposition to eeman. When it comes to grief, the triggers are everywhere, from a joke…
A Bread Recipe For Real Life that actually worked for me!
Can we take a moment to talk about baking bread at home? The ultimate in homemade comfort, nothing will make you seem more like…
Truths to tell my daughter about her period and body
Women are often inadequately taught about their bodies, and the older I get the more frustrating I find this problem. The piecemeal education we receive from…
Quick looks: The wooden mosque of Kruszyniany, Poland
The diversity of Islam can be seen in our beautiful architecture and places of worship around the world; this week we are looking at…
9 Mood boosting tips that work for me, from de-cluttering to getting creative!
(Please note these are not substitutes for those of us who may need professional support and diagnosis for mental health illnesses. These are tips on…
Parenting in a Pandemic: Heartfelt advice from one mother to other Muslim parents
We all remember where we were, not so much when we first heard about it—another respiratory virus occurring on the fringes of our geographical existence—but…
6 Evidence Based Study Hacks That will help you study
Studying and learning is hard and can be tedious. I get it. I’ve been there- with countless days of having little to no motivation to…
11 Self-Care tips and habits for PMS symptoms
Watch our short video on Ashiya’s article here: View this post on Instagram PMS IS NOT A LIE 📣 – Here are 6 of 11…
Spirituality & Social Media: 6 points to consider on being ‘famous’ and Muslim
This article was originally published on Al Madina Institute, with the contributors permission we have published it on Amaliah In our day and age it…
Muslim Mental health: The services and organisations you can contact
With mental health and illness awareness on the rise knowing where to turn to can be tricky. There are a range of services available that…
50 books: What’s on bookshelves and library borrow lists in the Amaliah community?
We asked the Amaliah community what their recommended reads for the year ahead were. We’ve seen some favs, some new recommendations and many have been…
Does reflecting on the beauty of the dunya bring you closer or nearer to Allah?
As a child, one of the most amazing things I discovered about myself was my deep love for beauty. I never for one moment failed…
Grieving in the Prophet’s Mosque
I have something to say. I think that’s fairly obvious, considering that I’ve taken pen to paper, fingers to keyboard. I backspace fifty times, the…
Table for One: In Praise of Solitude
“By no means all people who live their lives in the absence of company are lonely, while it is possible to experience acute loneliness while…
The Source of all being: the search for reality…the search for God
Bismillah – In the Name of God. I present this here as a letter of sorts, written to the ones who are in search of…
The Forgotten Art of Reading: An English Teacher’s Guide
During the excavation of a sanctuary in ancient Pyrgi, Italy during 1964, three gold plates that date back to 500 BC were found. Although two…
What C.S. Lewis taught me about spirituality and struggle
We all have them. Days and nights, perhaps weeks and months even, during which we feel disillusioned, dejected, numb. When that flame of spirituality and…
Book review: Agenda to change our condition
‘Agenda to change our condition’ is written by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir. It acts as a physical item of the “Zaytuna approach”…
Letters to Your Younger Self: Your Religion Is Not Your Conflict
Dear younger self, I know you often look in the mirror and wonder who you are. I know you spend countless hours online, searching for…
On losing a dear friend suddenly…reflections on loss and life
The way life can change instantly is hard to comprehend sometimes. We tend to go through the motions of everyday life and within a split…
Letters to Your Younger Self: Don’t Aspire to Meet the Aspirations of Others
Dear Younger Self, You are enough. You’re seventeen and about to start university. Despite achieving what you have, you remain resentful of yourself. You’re in…
Letters to my Daughter
“you see your face. you see a flaw. how. if you are the only one who has this face.” Nayyirah Waheed ‘Beautiful’ is a word…
2021: The year to invest in yourself with the Amaliah × Enrol Yourself Bursary
This article is in partnership with Enrol Yourself. Amaliah has partnered to offer two full bursaries to women of colour in the Amaliah community. Back…
Beautiful Patience: “Sabr is to always be kinder than how you feel”
*In this article, Chaimaa addresses the concept of Sabr and how, as Muslims, we should work to implement this within our lives. By providing an…
How to read and becoming a reader: 10 Tips for the journey
“The ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.” Malcolm X When my first daughter was born, there…
Finding meaning in motherhood during Lockdown
As we bear witness to the profoundly humbling phenomena of the world coming to a screeching halt at the behest of a microscopic entity – …
Minorities in Education Interviews: What was your experience like?
Sometimes you don’t realise how accustomed you have become to a certain lifestyle until you are plonked into a totally different one. The environment and…
Dismantling Racial prejudice in society, from education to media
The dismantling of racial prejudice is both a complex and intricate process. Not only does it require a review of institutional systems and policing methods,…
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