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,…
Two teenagers start a non-profit organisation to increase books with female Muslim characters in libraries
Mena and Zena Nasiri, aged 14 and 16 respectively are two American Muslim girls from Michigan who love to read but found themselves struggling to…
Mothers in our community: Rest + Restore at our Soul Session!
“I advise everyone to attend because it is empowering and refreshing…attending made me feel like I wasn’t alone in this world.” – previous Soul Session…
In Conversation with Salma El-Wardany: Misogyny, Heritage, & Body Positivity
Welcome to amaliah.com’s ‘In Conversation With’ series! We’ll be inviting Muslim women on social media from across industries and across the world to have some interesting conversations…
Time: Treat time well so it can treat you well too
Time, the preciousness of time. As one embarks on a new life journey as a middle-aged woman, time has become of the essence as in…
Ultimately, the place for dunya is in the hands, our hearts are reserved for a higher purpose
I remember climbing into bed at around 11PM on December 31st, 2019. I didn’t do anything remarkable that night, I wasn’t really celebrating the beginning…
Book review: Permanent Record, by Edward Snowden
Published by Pan Macmillan in September 2019, Permanent Record is Edward Snowden’s life story. Discussing his childhood, the early days of the internet, and the…
Amaliah Presents: Notes from Nature – In Partnership With Dove × Refinery29
This article is in partnership with Dove x Refinery29 find out more about their work here* Taking time to nurture ourselves, the earth and those around…
Muslim women, Financial Rights and Financial Fitness: How healthy are your finances?
With more women than ever before obtaining a university education, and going on to excel in the world of work, Muslim women are leading the…
Hijaab is only acceptable when co-opted by a very western notion of femininity
This article was published in 2018 by Amaliah “Representation matters” is the maxim of our time, but what does this mean for veiled Muslim women…
Book Review: ‘Rekiya and Z’ by Muti’ah Badruddeen
A Busy Novel That Mirrors The Lives of Everyday Muslim Women It’s Monday. I have moved my work desk into my bedroom because it’s warmer…
Al-Aqsa and Its signs: my reflections and remembrance
Planning this trip to Palestine had been an ongoing process since I had begun whilst studying the conflict. Little did I know that the trip…
The Truman Show: A short Letter To A Distracted Traveller
What is happening behind the shroud of matter? If you have watched the film The Truman Show you will have observed that all the actors…
A look at ‘Motherless Daughters’ by Hope Edelman and a candid reflection of losing my mother
Six months after my mother’s passing, I was sitting on the steps of the student centre with a friend whose mother had cancer. We talked…
How I went from only praying fajr to praying five times a day
Fajr. This Salah was the shortest one and the one that seemed the easiest to pray: two Rakahs, two Surat-Al Fatihas, two of any other…
The fight against fake news – 6 tips to follow
We are currently in the middle of a global pandemic. COVID-19 is a serious disease which has claimed over 40,000 lives and infected over 800,000…
Why Labelling Muslim Women as “Modern” is a sign of our colonial hangover
Muslim, Feminist, Woman. Modern, Open-Minded, Liberal. Conservative, Backward, Oppressed. In a world that’s as fast-paced as ours, I’ve noticed we love labels. Labels allow us…
Lessons from Prophet Adam (AS) Fasting from the World
I wanted to write something on fasting and this beautiful holy month we find ourselves in but I couldn’t help but urgently wish to -rather…
Two Sense Podcast; It’s okay to see your friends once a year
So many of us have had the opportunity to reflect on our relationships during the lockdown period of 2020, as the question of visiting each…
Linking domestic abuse to “extremism” will silence vulnerable women and girls – it’s time we speak up
Working on PREVENT for over a decade has shown us that you cannot mix policing with social work. The policy has to go – so…
Mourning lost relationships – realising and reconciling myself with the emotional ramifications
Towards the end of lockdown, I decided to take advantage of my state-permitted time outside and go on a walk every day – I desperately…
100 Black British Muslims step forward to share experiences of anti-black racism in and out the muslim community in a report by Black Muslim forum
“During Ramadhan my local mosque would usually tell me to pray at the back with other fellow Black Muslims”– Anti-Black racism in the UK ummah…
The Christchurch attack makes me realise: We Need to teach EVERYONE where they come from
Hearing the tragic news about the 50 people murdered in Christchurch, I decided to look into the callous killer who documented his murder rampage on…
How the Turban Hijab Became a Symbol of the Modern Muslim Woman
From a once hidden and repressed vessel of the Orient supposedly waiting to be explored and discovered, to adorning covers of Vogue and defying…
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