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Al-Wakeel: The Trustee, The Disposer of Affairs, The Guardian

By NWLP Sisters Circle

And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs… Wakeel comes from the root waaw-kaaf-laam, which points to three main meanings. The first meaning is to…

@the.blackpepper – The instagrammer serving looks

By Amaliah Team

If you listened to the first episode of the #AmaliahVoices podcast you would have heard Nafisa mention @the.blackpepper for her visual artistry and creative flair.…

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Week in World News Starting with Windrush & The No Muslim Ban Ever making it to the US supreme courts

By Amaliah Team

Windrush Crisis Who? The Windrush generation is those who arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries. Workers from Jamaica, Trinidad, and Tobago, and…

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#NoMuslimBanEver Trump’s travel Ban litigation assessed in the US supreme courts

By Hanan

What is it? The Muslim Ban is an accumulation of systemic attacks on Muslim communities, its reinstatement has caused the president to champion his largely…

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Living Below the Poverty Line

By Inspirited Minds

  At a time when it seems as though every penny counts, and the gap is forever widening between two extremes of financial circumstances, with…

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Lessons from Great Women of Our Past: Motherhood is not synonymous with marriage

By Limaan Shayma

This article was first published by SISTER’S Magazine in 2014. The Talents of Aishah (Ra) ‘Aishah bint Abu Bakr (RA) was the best of women.…

5 Top Tangle Teezer’s for Curly & frizzy Hair

By Amaliah Team

For those of us with curly or frizzy hair, brushing it can be a painful and torturous process. Using  any old brush just won’t suffice.…

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Urbn Muslims: #FashionRevolution Week & Ethical Brands

By Hanan

It is #FashionRevolution week, commemorating the Rana Plaza collapse, on its fifth anniversary, where over 1,100 workers were killed in Bangladesh, as a result of a…

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#InspiringMuslims: The Muslim News Awards for Excellence

By Amaliah Team

  It’s time for the annual celebration of #inspiringMuslims at the Muslim News Awards for Excellence. It’s a mixture of awe, inspiration and frankly a…

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Trend: Emboldened Red

By Amaliah Team

Lustrous Reds are in this Spring/Summer, bold, and bright accessories and key pieces can be matched with subtle, sophisticated tones to add character and style. [products…

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11 Duas and Supplications for Exams and Deadlines

By Amaliah Team

It is that time of year again: we are all feeling the burn and pressure, those of us at school, in college, or at university.…

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Poem: You are Meant for Thick Love

By Nuura Axmed

You thought you were opening yourself up to love by breaking your own back. You thought by drowning yourself in apologies that it would make…

Are you reflecting the Quran & Sunnah in your kitchen this Ramadan?

By Zaama

The Quran and Hadith together provide us with guidelines on how to live our life in the most Islamic manner. Our first intention should be…

Letter to my son: I will tell my son that “boys will be boys” can never apply to him

By Khadija Mahamud

I will teach my son that actions reflect character and so he must hold himself accountable before he is ever held accountable. I will teach…

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Muslim Woman Crush: 019 @MaliaBouattia

By Amaliah Team

  017 | •@malia_bouattia • WHO: Malia is an activist, the former president of the National Union of Students, and co-founder of the Students not…

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Wait a second, here’s the maxi dress haul you need

By Amaliah Team

  Yes, we are absolutely aware of this random sweltering April heatwave, in true Amaliah fashion, we are here with a little solution for you…

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Muslim Twitter: Your weekly roundup of the Weird & Wonderful

By Amaliah Team

Another week, and nothing but more odd tweets from our loveable dysfunctional family: Muslim twitter. A  weekly reminder of the weird and wonderful. If you’ve missed…

Letters To My Younger Self: The Truth is He kept His Promise

By Amaliah Anonymous

  Well, here we are. It’s 2018 and you’re still at pains to become a writer. You’re writing a letter to yourself. Something of a…

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This Week in World News: Starting with US troops in Syria & Cuba’s new President

By Amaliah Team

Trump’s withdrawal of US troops from Syria President trump caused alarm amongst lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday, after announcing plans to withdraw American troops from…

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Floaty Maternity Summer Pieces

By Amaliah Team

Feeling a little uncomfortable in this heat? We got you, sis, here are some of our top floaty summer maternity pieces for all the upcoming…

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The Women of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Toxic Masculinity of the 1960’s vs today

By Amaliah Anonymous

  One of the focal points of Khaled Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns is undoubtedly the nature of women both as individuals and…

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Sweet 16? Having to Choose a Career Path before even making it to College

By Amirah Chati

People often overlook this crucial time in a young woman’s life, its a largely confusing time anyway as a teenager, making sense of everything, not…

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Islam on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago

By Amaliah Team

Every week, Amaliah unearths the history behind some of the worlds smaller Muslim communities, and this week we’re exploring Islam in Trinidad and Tobago! Trinidad…

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Gym Anxiety & the ability to inspire by Presence

By Sadiyah Fitness

I am a dentist by profession and a personal trainer by passion, ensure you know the difference, or for some people, this is the same…

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Spring Earrings: Bold Geometric shapes

By Amaliah Team

  Bold is better, this Spring/Summer we are all about the bold. Bold colours, bold shapes. Studs are always a go to, but it’s about…

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Mfest at The British Library 27th- 29th April: In Conversation With

By Amaliah Team

Mfest stands for the festival of Muslim cultures and Ideas,  it is not for a profit organisation, nor is it a religious or sectarian organisation,…

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Trend: Elegant Maxi Skirts

By Amaliah Team

One of the trends we, as Muslim women can’t seem to overlook, is the Maxi Skirt. Without knowledge of when this trend will resurface once…

Watch: Arfah Farooq – on diversity in tech and pursuing the alternative

By Project Ribcage

P R O J E C T • R I B C A G E ✨ An initiative by @bananasaffana @faizahfai_ + @fatimakhter that aimsto…

Pretty in Pastel Pinks: Lip Kits

By Amaliah Team

In the name of Spring, which we pray will drop at any moment, for real this time, we have collated some pretty lip kits, liner…

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Poem: Genocide

By Maria Zahra

Can’t you hear their cries? Of pain. Of suffering. The echoes of malicious crimes. Or have we become unaffected by the images As history repeats…

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Muslim Woman Crush: 019 @HadyLurks

By Amaliah Team

• WHO? Hady Lurks is best known for her Podcast ‘Love in the Age of Minder’. A podcast that explores the romantic lives of Muslim women, that airs…

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Muslimah Dating Diaries: Dear Half Hearted Hassan

By Amaliah Team

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

Its International Story month! here are 6 Ramadan kids Books you shared on Instagram

By Amaliah Team

Ramadan reading material for children has hugely improved and there are a wide selection of books available for kids. Whether you are a mama, aunty or teacher the…

Eggs 5 ways for brunch this weekend

By Amaliah Team

When it comes to brunch we all seem to like our eggs in a range of ways so I thought I’d kick off your brunch…

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Vegan Life: Introducing Vegan Condoms and our New Sex Ed Agony Aunts

By Amaliah Team

An investment banker and gynecology doctor duo, Farah and Sarah met for lunch and got into talking. Farah relayed the story of her friend, who…