How Prophet Yusuf (a.s) Can empower the Modern Man Towards sexual modesty

By Nuriddeen Knight

The story of Yusuf, peace to him, is unique in the Quran in that Allah provides us with a great deal of detail. Many prophets…

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Two Sense; Immigrant Parent Trauma + The Myth of Power Dressing

By The Amaliah Podcast

Welcome back to our fortnightly Two Sense series, in which Selina, Nafisa + Sara,  hit the roundtable to put their two cents on 4 subjects they’d each like to…

A starter Guide to Understanding Brexit

By Sabrina Begum

Brexit is a topical word, we talk about it when we talk about Trump and the rise of the Alt-Right, but what does it mean,…

This new initiative is helping to provide interview outfits for £10

By Amaliah Team

650 different charities across the UK are working hard to help improve the job prospects of people, to grant better opportunities by providing career advice…

Film Review & Conversation With Director Shehroze Khan for World Premiere: The Traveller

By Hanan

Shehroze Khan is an award-winning director and writer, known for The Traveller (2018), Tba (2010) and The Letter (2016). In August 2018, he released the official teaser trailers for his new film…

Trend alert: Twilling Tweed

By Curated Cuts

Keep it striking this Autumn while the weather calls for it, light tweed jackets, suits, separates, wide-leg trousers, tartan bright rouge, and checked monochromatic designs…

What do you know about Algeria’s Niqab ban in the Workplace?

By Amaliah Team

Algerian Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouahiya has passed a ban on women wearing a ‘full face veil’ the niqab to work, earlier this month. The ban means laws…

Oozing Orange: Crushed Velvet dreams

By Curated Cuts

We are loving the textures of burnt orange velvet this season to mirror the current weather, and themes of this month. Velvet has made a…

What’s going on in the Muslim World? Sinead O’Connor embraces Islam & No survivors after Indonesia plane crash

By Amaliah Team

1. Singer Sinead O’Connor takes her Shahada Shuhada Davitt, otherwise known as Sinead O’Connor an Irish singer, has embraced Islam recently stating she is a proud Muslim…

Glossier Haloscope and Cloud Paint (topaz x Haze)

By Black Gal and Skin Care

I’ve ordered from glossier before and even if you aren’t interested in the brand you gotta give props to their marketing team. They’ve capitalized very well…

Muslims Unite for Pittsburg Synagogue already raising $112,415.

By Amaliah Team

Update: What happened? Members of the tree of life synagogue in Pittsburgh conducting a peaceful service were attacked with a shooting by a Pennsylvania man that…

Muslim Sex Education, We Can Not Deny Muslim Youth Are Sexually Active

By Amaliah Team

Sex education for the ummah is often ignored or not addressed, particularly within families, the topic of sex, reproduction, STI’s, and physical maturity are all…

Two Cents From the Amaliah Community: Week 2

By Amaliah Team

Two Cents Two Cents is a new space on Amaliah where we share your short reflections, critique, and reactions from social media and emails you’ve…

Style Trend: Bouquet of Flowers From Balenciaga, Gucci, and Comme Des Garçons

By Curated Cuts

The gift that just keeps giving is floral on the catwalk, florals were given an update this season with big oversized print maxis, bigger motifs…

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Two Sense; Halal Mortgages + Dragging Culture

By The Amaliah Podcast

Welcome back to our fortnightly Two Sense series, in which Selina, Nafisa + Sara,  hit the roundtable to put their two cents on 4 subjects they’d each like to…

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5 things I learned from Moving to Saudi Arabia

By K.T. Lynn

I was an accidental expatriate. Moving to Saudi Arabia was supposed to be a temporary fix. After a few months in Saudi, I would return…

Dropping some twitter bars on you real quick

By Amaliah Team

We bring you the weird and wonderful world of Muslim twitter yet again. Be prepared for hilarious puns, mindful sentiments, race, anxiety, and Somali men,…

Watch: Hana Tajima × Uniqlo Autumn Look Book

By Curated Cuts

@hntaj has a line with global retail giant UNIQLO! Tajima, who was born and raised in the UK, has been working with the brand since 2015,…

Our Autumnal Style Crushes – an instagram Curation

By Curated Cuts

Some of our favourite bloggers are showing us how to do Autumnal looks and slay! Warm earthy tones, pumpkin, and dry leaf pallettes have exploded all over Instagram…

New: Two Cents from the Amaliah community

By Two Cents

Two Cents is a new space on Amaliah where we share your short reflections, critique and reactions from social media and emails you’ve sent us.…

Parliament will debate on whether Eid will be a public holiday

By Selina Bakkar

A recent petition started by a Nurul Islam has garnered over 45,000 signatures, the petition asks for both Eid ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha to be made…

What is NPD? ‘what it feels like to fall in Love with an iron fist’

By Amaliah Anonymous

On June 1st it was NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) awareness day, to honour the survivors of psychological and emotional abuse, this month,  I wanted to…

A prayer for Zaynab ‘Hapsa’ Abdalla & Bushra Abdi: The teens who returned to their lord on Saturday

By Amaliah Team

Two young Somali girls both 19 years old, were last seen alive in Minnesota around 3.00 am, in a 2006 grey chevy impala, on Saturday…

A reflection: My experience of Black and Muslim in Britain Season 2

By Ruqayyah Fombo

I’m about to share my account of  a spiritually uplifting and culturally empowering experience with you. Before I take you on this journey it’s only…

What’s going on in the Muslim world?

By Amaliah Team

1. BREAKING: Turkish Officials said to search Saudi consulate The US president speaks to King Salman, to search the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The Turkish…

The M&S school hijab debate is about the dehumanisation of Muslim communities

By Mariya bint Rehan

In the cyclical world of the Islamophobic news industry, it was only a matter of time before the frenzied headlines regarding children and hijabs remerged.…

This is the first Muslim care home for the elderly in Australia

By Nafisa Bakkar

With an increasingly aging Muslim population, family units becoming smaller and housing becoming a premium, there has become a pressing need for services that care…

Layer up with style this Autumn/Winter

By Curated Cuts

Layering was a key theme across runways for this Autumn Winter, which is perfect for us here the UK, with storm Callum coming in full force.…

It is Chocolate Week: Warm Yourself Up this Winter with this Delicious Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Recipe!

By This Muslim Girl Bakes

  Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!   In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Can you believe that I never used to…

The British Museum is opening a New Islamic Gallery

By Amaliah Team

Mark it in your diaries, the 18th of October when the British Museums New Islamic World gallery opens and is followed by the launch events…

Estée Lauder fall eyeshadow colour palette with @shahdbatal

By Amaliah Team

Our fav beauty blogger, Shahd Batal has teamed up with Estee Lauder to show you how to apply their goddess glow eyeshadow palette for a gorgeous…

The Muslim women who stole New York Comic-con as the Muslim Avengers

By Amaliah Team

People are in a slight frenzy over the ‘hijabi heroes’ that took over New York’s Comic-con this year from October 4th-7th. Not only this but there…

M&S causes controversy after selling back to school uniform including hijabs

By Amaliah Team

Recently, the Telegraph published an article headlined, “M&S criticised for selling hijabs for schoolgirls as young as nine”, we weren’t too surprised, as much disappointed.…

Save the date: 20th & 23rd October Experience Real African Story Telling with Alim Kamara

By Amaliah Team

As part of Black History Month, Alim Kamara, hip-hop artist, poet, storyteller, and community organizer, will be performing in many locations up and down the…

Where are you from? From Mogadishu to Birmingham living in 3 different continents before turning 18

By Faiza A Hassan

“Where are you from?” she asked. I began my response with an awkward pause, wondering what the easiest answer would be and which part of…