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…
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,…
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…
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