Trend: Oversized Blazers

By Lamisa Khan

It’s time to invest in an oversized blazer – the trend thats been dominating fashion weeks worldwide. Whilst it may look like you’ve raided your…

Creams to Rescue Your Eyes

By Lamisa Khan

The skin around our eyes is very delicate and prone to premature aging.  Therefore it’s important to show the under-eyes a little bit of extra…

Can Muslim Women have it all? What would you do if you weren’t afraid…

By Khatija Sacranie

Source: Maaria Lohiya @MuslimWomenC Muslim Women – Can we Have it all? I’ve been battling my own insecurities lately. I fear that I am not…

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Springtime Shoe Game: Loafers

By Amaliah Team

  As the blossoms start to bud, and the weather gets a little less bipolar, springtime will be dawning soon and it won’t hesitate when…

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The Organised Mind: The Heart’s Intelligence

By Hanan

After the high of cleaning up, organising your space, creating epic journals, managing your finances, you’ll find the routine may become a little difficult to…

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The Muslim Women Leaders Of Our Time: ‘We are the Third Culture Kids’

By Amaliah Team

During International Women’s day, this year, we were inundated with beautiful posts about women who inspired. A fantastic secret project was launched in which revealed…

Muslim Woman Crush Monday: 016 @dottydaughter

By Amaliah Team

016 | @dottydaughter • WHO: Aisha is a poet and spoken word artist whose work explores identity, religion and mental health ✨ • MOST LIKELY: to…

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Book Review: The making of a Salafi Muslim Woman – Paths to conversion by The Salafi Feminist

By Zainab bint Younus

“The Making of a Salafi Muslim Woman” by Dr. Anabel Inge began as a thesis and ended up as a fully-fledged book. This book is…

Side striped Trousers

By Lamisa Khan

Sport Luxe is a trend that’s sticking around. From pants with poppers to the simple side stripe, it’s all about echoing the casual vibes of…

Supplements for Luscious Locks

By Lamisa Khan

Is your hair feeling a little dull and dry? Not quite as voluptuous and glossy as you’d desired? Skipped a few too many wash days?…

Religion and home: How Maturity Defined My Understanding of Faith

By Amira Hasan

There are 24 days, 1 hour, 44 minutes and 40 seconds from the point of which I’m writing this until the day I turn 24.…

Muslimah Dating Diaries: Dear Not looking for marriage Nasir

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. Instagram Imran, Overly Honest…

Hadith Of The Day

By Amaliah Team

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he…

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This Week in World News: Starting With Sri Lanka & Saudi

By Amaliah Team

Sri Lankan town mobbed by Sinhalese Buddhist Ambatenna,  central Sri Lanka’s hill town was attacked by a Sinhalese Buddhist mob in their hundreds on Wednesday. The…

Classic Red Lips

By Lamisa Khan

Theres definitely something timeless about a classic red lip. If you’re searching for that perfect red thats long lasting and high impact we’ve got something…

Watch: How I learnt to be a feminist from my mother by Zena Agha

By Amaliah Team

  Related Awrah, the Short Documentary Exploring What Modesty Means to Young Muslim Women Project Ribcage: The Series Working to Elevate the Self-Image of Muslim…

Gifts for your fave feminist

By Lamisa Khan

Everyday is International (intersectional) Women’s Day here at Amaliah; we’re all about celebrating and supporting women. All day. Erryday. What better way to celebrate Women’s day…

Radical Resistance: What Does an Inclusive Mosque look like?

By Amaliah Team

In the last few years, female-led mosques have been a topic that has come under great contention. Here is one perspective. Halima Gosai Hussain was…

Marriage is Not the Solution. Marriage is Not the Destination Either

By U.F Shah

Marriage, is it the ultimate destination? Where singledom reaches an eternal end? We spend so much of our lives obsessing over marriage, consciously or subconsciously.…

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Twenty-Two Things I Learned in 22 Years

By Nihal Qawasmi

  This week marks 1 month since I turned twenty-freaking-two… which is totally enough time to make myself an expert on the following (just kidding). But…

Tame Your Unruly Brows with These Brow Gels

By Lamisa Khan

We’ve all become eyebrow obsessed. Trends have moved away from the over-plucked, barely there brow (Alhamdulillah!) to a bolder, fuller, more natural look. It’s time…

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The Organised Mind: Downsizing

By Hanan

So drawing on from this series last week, I spoke a little about the science behind an organised mind. The next section is really all…

In Hindsight

By Khadijah Begum

Hind|sight [ˈhʌɪn(d)sʌɪt]: ‘Understanding an event or situation only after it happened or developed’. That thing that probes you to grit your teeth, scrunch up your…

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Three Kids, a Sink full of Dishes… and Sex

By Amaliah Anonymous

Three kids, a sink full of dishes, grains of rice and lego all over the floor,  piles of laundry to fold and hair scrunched up…

Muslim Woman Crush Monday: 015 @Grillodesigns

By Amaliah Team

015 | @Grillodesigns • WHO: Medina is an award winning interior design, DIY & Home Improvement Blogger. She is a self professed IKEA  and up-cycling…

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Islam, Creativity, and Lights of the Quran: The Poets (Ash-Shu’ara – الشعراء)

By Imrana Mahmood

The Quran was revealed at a time when poetry had reached its peak within Arabia; rich and meaningful language warranted positive attention and it was…

Shirt Dress

The Shirt Dress You Need in your Wardrobe

By Lamisa Khan

H&M’s recent range has many items perfect for the modest wardrobe. We’re loving this calf-length waist-tie shirt dress. It comes in three different colours, including…

World

This Week In World News: Starting With Syria and Beast From the East

By Amaliah Team

Beast From the East Leaves Europe in Sub Zero Temperatures Ireland is on shut down as the Antarctic freeze, also known as Beast From the…

Pastel Blazers

By Lamisa Khan

Pastels are big this season, as seen on the runways of Celine and Hermes. Here at Amaliah we’re loving blazers in delicate pastel hues, perfect…

Muslimah Dating Diaries: Dear Disappearing Dawood

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.  This time we hear…

Hadith Of The Day

By Amaliah Team

  At- Tabarani narrated from a hadith of Anas that the Prophet SAW said, “Allah says, ‘there are some of my slaves whose Iman will…

Black Panther; Why did African pride stop short of including African Muslims?

By Faiza Hassan

It was Friday 16th February; we’d waited an entire month for the release of the much-anticipated Black Panther movie. I don’t recall ever feeling so…

Thailand’s Diverse Muslim Community

By Amaliah Team

South-east Asia is home to the world’s most populous Muslim population, with over 12.7% of the entire world’s Muslims living in Indonesia. However, little known…

Seven Books You Need to Read About Feminism

By Lamisa Khan

The word ‘Feminism’ was declared 2017 word of the year by the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Despite it being 100 years since women received the right to vote,…

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Reflections on Going Through a Miscarriage; The Unspoken Journey

By Amaliah Anonymous

TRIGGER WARNING: this article contains sensitive content readers are advised to take caution. Despite having witnessed multiple miscarriages within my family growing up, knowing the…

Blushing Pink

By Lamisa Khan

We’re loving pink toned blushers to add a pop of colour to your cheeks and warm up your complexion. From creams to powders, we’ve picked…