Travel Guides: Rome & Tuscany, Italy

By Maz Halima

Having gotten a delicious taste of Italy while travelling to Sicily, Venice and Milan together previously, my girl Dian and I decided to set aside five…

#Blackouteid this Eid-Ul-Adha, here’s what you missed

By Amaliah Team

Source We saw the beauty and diversity within #blackouteid from all around the world this Eid Dhul Adha. We saw a lot more families and the…

Why the reminder from Arafah transcends beyond borders: A short reflection

By Sana Uqba

Pilgrims of Hajj, or ‘Hujjaj’ as they are widely known in Arabic, ascend upon the ‘Mount of Mercy’ – a small hill on the plain of…

Hana Tajima × Uniqlo Autumn Look book

By Curated Cuts

Browse the new Uniqlo Hana Tajima collection, for this upcoming season warm tones, block colours, floaty cuts, and long length skirts and tops. Make your…

Scrolling instead of sex: Is your phone hindering your sex drive?

By Dr. Hanx

Mindfulness. It’s the buzzword of the moment. Although mindfulness has been churned out by the media; it seems impossible to flick through a mag without…

Muslim Twitter: The Weird and Wonderful global online family

By Amaliah Team

This week, be prepared to roll on the floor laughing, a little about food, Eid this year, and the struggles of Hajar. If you’ve missed…

Tunisia Inheritance law and understanding the sharia stance on inheritance

By Hanan

Tunisia’s president, Beji Caid Essebsi, has proposed giving women equal inheritance rights, which has faced friction from thousands of protestors objecting to the Islamic law. The…

Instagram Appreciation: @st.Parastoo

By Amaliah Team

The world on Instagram can either be incredibly small, or incredibly big depending on how you navigate it, here at Amaliah we have the pleasure…

First look: Autumn jackets

By Curated Cuts

It feels as though the heatwave has officially past and in a few weeks September will be in full swing, kids back to school, fresh…

Sisters Who Code Navigating a Male Dominated Field: All You Need to Know

By Sister Coders

The Guardian published an interesting article about women who code, it relayed the importance of teaching women how to code to combat gender inequality in…

The 5 Languages of Love – The book you need to navigate relationships

By Amaara Khan

I wanted to share my opinions on a book that was given to me as a gift before I got married (as part of a…

How to beat post-graduation blues

By Maria Mehboob

The gown, the hat, the ceremony — graduation is the epitome of university life — marking the end, and a new beginning. Finishing a degree…

Delicious Desserts – Chocolate Samosas!

By Thahmina Haseen

  Samosas are an integral part of any Bengali festive meal. If you’re ever visiting a Bengali household, it’s a common tradition to first serve…

Eid Ul Adha message from the Amaliah team…Thank you

By Amaliah Team

Eid Mubarak to our incredible readers, writers, and supporters from across the world, from everyone here at Amaliah we pray you had a peaceful and…

Eid looks to recreate with what you already have in your wardrobe…

By Curated Cuts

1) Pastel Abayahs or Maxis Blessed to share my journey with one of the most authentic, poise, and inspirational women I know. Thank you for being…

Amaliah’s top 10 Eid make-up inspo Looks!

By Amaliah Team

1) Our fav from last year Chinutay 2) Beautiful glamorous finish with Beautybyyetti 3) Some light summer glam with Habiba 4) Heavy glam and bronze Looks…

World News Updates you might have missed: The death penalty in Saudi for female activist & First Muslim female senate in Australia

By Hanan

1) Ilham Omar First woman in Congress to wear the hijab? Ilham Omar, a 36-year-old mother of three, a black Somali female refugee, has won…

Pick of the week: Checked woman treat yourself to an Autumn Wardrobe this Eid!

By Curated Cuts

The Autumn Winter guide is already out, and by the looks of things, Autumn seems to be coming in quicker than we initially thought. One…

Yawm Al- Arafah from Mecca & Medina

By Amaliah Team

On this beautiful day, we have been given the gift of witnessing some beautiful videos of the pilgrims already, and have also seen the strong…

Dhikr and Affirmations for the day of Arafah

By Ashiya Mendheria

We are familiar with the barakah, lightness and peace that comes with dhikr. Our self-awareness and attentiveness is nourished with the remembrance of Allah, preventing…

Travel Guides: 3 Days in New Orleans, what to do and what to see

By passports and plates

New Orleans. The Big Easy. Nawlins. NOLA. Whatever you choose to call it, New Orleans is famed for its reputation as one of the United…

That is Love: From His bounty

By Sisters Magazine

There are some people who spend their whole lives seeking. Sometimes giving, sometimes taking. Sometimes chasing. But often, just waiting. They believe that love is…

ASOS Abayah Inspo

By Amaliah Team

We are in love with this little number from Asos, Abayahs don’t necessarily have to be explicitly called so, the fit of this mid-weight textured…

The travel guide to Los Angeles – top things to do and eat!

By Maz Halima

Los Angeles (laws·an·juh·leez) – translating to ‘The Angels’ in Spanish New York might be the concrete jungle where dreams are made of, but Los Angeles…

Eid Jewellery haul: The Pull and bear edit

By Amaliah Team

Eid is coming in fast, just next week, in fact, the perfect time to do a little shopping jewellery haul to tie you over for…

“I don’t consider myself a hijabi” – Ascia Al Faraj, the modest fashion blogger on why she no longer calls herself a hijabi

By Amaliah Team

Please excuse me while I take a trip around the world preaching the word of THE ARAB VERSION OF HIJAB TO PERFECTLY GOOD MUSLIMS #Sarcasm…

Why People are Celebrating the New Gap Campaign #MeetMeInTheGap

By Amaliah Team

Social media has been set alive with positive commentary on brand giant and International clothing retail company Gap Inc.  Gap’s recent back to school campaign revealed two beautiful…

Watch: The virtues of dhul hijjah and how to take advantage of the ten days

By Amaliah Team

“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.” The people asked , “Not even Jihad for…

7 Ways to bring Plants indoors

By Selina Bakkar

I often hear people say they can’t have plants in their home because they live in a flat or there isn’t enough surface area for…

Inayah Eid lilac Kimono inspo

By Amaliah Team

Shop this exquisite lilac grey kimono featuring wide lace trimming at the sleeve hem. The fitting of this kimono is perfect for a relaxed and…

Dhul Hijjah inspired crafts and activities for your little ones

By Amaliah Team

The second Eid seems to be the Eid where we all seem to forget and it surprises us but since having kids I have been…

Muslimah dating diaries: Dear spray it Sameer

By Another dating Muslimah

A special series on finding a bae, we hear from our resident dating Muslimah on the sorts of guys she comes across.  Overly Honest Osman, Computer…

Amaliah’s top 5 Abayah’s this Eid

By Amaliah Team

We have you covered this Eid sis, Amaliah has collated our top fav Abayah brands for you to navigate through for Eid! 1) Abaya’s Boutique With…

3 outings to do with her for Eid

By Amaliah Team

Eid is soon approaching, and this year is the year to show your mother, wife, sister, friend that you appreciate her. Here are a few…

Start a tradition with Eid card giving

By Amaliah Team

Feature image belongs to Manooka  As the last tarawee leaves us a flurry of messages across social start to hit our inboxes. From generic Eid…