Palm Print Kimono

By Amaliah Team

Palm prints are completely in this season! With the heat wave reaching highs of 30 degrees this week, stock up on your cool kimonos. Shop…

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World news Updates you might have missed: Weinstein to face life imprisonment & Astronomers capture newborn planet

By Amaliah Team

1) Harvey Weinstein to face life imprisonment What happened? New York Country district attorney Cyrus Vance has announced that “Weinstein faces three new charges including an additional count…

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10 Things You Forget to Clean

By Mona Kay

As a Professional Organiser, a clutter-free space is an objective I always thrive to commit to. I keep this in my mind while working with…

Masjid Ramadan top their £10,000 Zakat crypto-currency target

By Amaliah Team

A pioneering mosque in East London, which made history recently for becoming the first in Britain to accept crypto-currency donations, has exceeded its £10,000 alms…

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5 ASOS Last Minute Beauty Buys For Your Eid Presents

By Amaliah Team

Eid al-Adha nearly always takes everyone by surprise with how quickly it comes around! That’s why Amaliah have created an amazing list of beauty products…

Muslim Woman Crush: 009 @TheBrownHijabiPoet

By Amaliah Team

09 | @TheBrownHijabiPoet • WHO: Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan is a 23 year old writer, speaker and poet. She was born in Bradford, raised and state-schooled in…

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Last Minute Dressy Dresses For This Eid

By Amaliah Team

Eid’s just around the corner again, and we’ve got some top picks for dresses you’ll want to wear this special occasion! Happy browsing!   Asos…

7 times fashion brands were called out for cultural appropriation

By Amaliah Team

The runway is no stranger to religious and cultural expressions of faith, and identity. We have been faced a number of times with ill-informed designers,…

Asos White: The Perfect White Shirt

By Amaliah Team

One of our readers here at Amaliah was in search of a perfect Muslim girl friendly white shirt. i'm certain i will spend the rest…

Our Writer of the Month: Ashiya Mendheria!

By Amaliah Team

Our Writer of the month is Ashiya Mendheria! Every once in a while, it is incredibly important to us to show appreciation to some of…

So you didn’t graduate with a 1st or a 2:1? What happens next?

By Adiat Bashorun

In the moment, getting a 2.2 is devastating. Your peers are celebrating get a 2.1 or a 1st whilst you’re left feeling embarrassed and defeated. You…

My Summer Garden Style Guide For The Heatwave

By Selina Bakkar

This year in an attempt to become a bit more in tune with my surroundings I tried to have iftar outside more this Ramadan and…

‘Ugliness is demonized, we should be judging people for being cruel or ignorant’ A message to our youth

By Alwia Al-Hassan

Plastic surgery is a wonderful thing for those suffering from serious cosmetic issues. But. The growing dependence on it is a worrying symptom of a…

12 Reactions to “I’m Muslim and I’m not getting a mortgage”

By Maya Areem

Now that I’ve been married for over two years I increasingly get asked the question “aren’t you going to get a mortgage?”  My husband and I…

Trumps Zero tolerance Policy, the executive order & its catastrophic impact on families in the U.S

By Hanan

Just two weeks after Trumps ‘zero tolerance policy’, and already US attorney, Natalia Cornelio, with the Texas Civil Rights Project,  stated how US officials ripped a baby…

Pick of the Week: Adidas Originals Yung

By Amaliah Team

Indulging in a pair of Adidas Originals won’t just tie you over for this Summer, a good pair of trainers can last for years. Quality…

How my relationship with my mother improved by asking her How she was

By Amaliah Anonymous

  My relationship with my mother has always been different. To utter that sentence has taken me time, I have reconciled that our relationship isn’t…

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World News Updates: A break down on trump’s Muslim ban & Yellow warning issued for UK heatwave

By Amaliah Team

1) Infant Immigration centres rip baby form mothers breast The worry surrounding infant immigration continues, just two weeks after Trumps administration has encountered a new…

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Watch: The Beauty News, The women destroying makeup so we don’t have to

By Amaliah Team

The makeup break-up is a  Youtube channel dedicated to disassembling makeup products so that we can have a better understanding of what is inside them.…

How the fight for women’s rights in Saudi is far from Over

By Amaliah Team

The ban on driving for women in Saudi Arabia, has been lifted, but what does this really mean? We have seen news agencies doing the…

Perfect Boho Accessories for summer nights

By Amaliah Team

Large wooden geometric shapes, layering necklaces, colours, textures and metals are a recurring theme this Summer. Let your inner boho-chic surface, with these Mango pieces.…

Muslims in the UK raised 100 million for charity and the other things we did in Ramadan

By Amaliah Team

Narrated Asma: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Give (in charity) and do not give reluctantly lest Allah should give you in a limited amount, and do…

Poem: What is true everlasting love?

By Halima Nawaz

Some thoughts that were borne out of a conversation I had with a dear friend and sister today…What is real everlasting love? In a word:…

Allah’s 99 names: Al-Mani’- The Preventer

By NWLP Sisters Circle

And perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you… Think back to a memory of when you just barely avoided an accident…

The woman who saved her late husbands savings for 30 years, and built a mosque

By Amaliah Team

Abdullah al-Khaulani reported that when Uthman b. ‘Affan tried to rebuild the mosque of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) the people began to talk about this. Uthman…

What Imran Khan said about Western Feminism

By Amaliah Team

Famous politician, former cricketer and philanthropist, Imran Khan has come under a little heat recently due to some of his anti-feminist comments in an interview…

Shrimp Tacos With Papaya Pomegranate Slaw Recipe

By Fatimas Fabulous Kitchen

Deep Fried Shrimp Tacos with a Papaya-Pomegranate Slaw and a Peanut Dressing This vibrant recipe came out of a Mystery Box Challenge I did for…

“How Modest are we though?” – Dina Tokio in the pursuit of conscious consuming

By Hanan

If anyone did not catch Dina Tokio’s interesting newsletter this month here is a little snippet surrounding her reflections as a mother of 2 at…

Want to learn to code? Start from home here….

By Amaliah Team

The Facts Women are underrepresented in the UK’s technology scene. According to the Office of National Statistics’ recent figures, in 2017 only 3.9 % of…

Silence is acceptance, Let’s speak more: Latifa Abouchakra

By Amaliah Team

Latifa Abouchakra moved many in her tremendous speech, as a first-time delegate and speaker, beginning her address in the name of Allah.  She represents the…

Refugee Awareness Week: Jeremy Corbyn Leading by example in humanising politics

By Amaliah Team

Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader, expressed honest sentiments on his social media on World refugee day on the 20th of June. Sending solidarity with those who have…

Beauty trend 2018: shimmer with face glitter

By Amaliah Team

Mua’s have recently moved in an interesting direction, no longer relying on highlight to sparkle and shimmer, many are using festival inspired bejewelling. Where face decoration…

How the manipulation of Islamic texts have led to Marital Rape

By Hiba Noor Khan

*Trigger warning, this piece discusses subjects relating to rape and abuse of power, please take caution when reading* The bride sits daintily on the stage,…

How the elegant art of Aerial Silk Acrobatics changed my life

By Nadja Jeppson

A little background Aerial acrobatics started purely as a gymnastic movement art form. Today it is associated with circus performances mostly due to the influence…