By Aliya Vaughn I am a woman of a certain age. I have the luxury (or not) of looking back over the years and realising just how much time I wasted holding myself back. My fears, my insecurities and self-doubts, the excuses and stories I told myself, justifying why I...
By Fatima-Minna There’s a young women in a little terraced house in a UK city. She has just said goodbye to her Muslim friends, who came over to witness her Shahada. The sun shone into the tiny front room as she said the words that would change her destiny, in this...
I never really saw myself as a working mother, but when my children were 5 and 2, it felt like the right time to reconnect with that side of my life. After many interviews I finally got offered a good job, just a short commute from home. I had many fears about...
By Romina Afghan The Muslim female body is one of those things that many people talk about on many different levels – there is the non-Muslim political discourse about which parts of the body we, as Muslim women, should be allowed to cover in society( because...
The Muslimah I Am Today: Finding Meaning and Being Meaningful By Zaynab Dawood Nervous anxiety, shy excitement and a feeling of being overwhelmed are some common sensations a person may feel when they leave their old life behind and embark on a new life as a Muslim....
How My Autistic Child Changed Me By Sadeemka “Perhaps you dislike something which is good for you” – Qur’an 2:216 We quote the above many times in our lives. But what if we had to relate it to our motherhood? A hard but beautiful journey for...
The Muslimah I am today – Seeing the Bigger Picture By Fatima-Minna When we talk about the concept of unity in Islam, we often talk about it in relation to the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala, and our understanding of Him as entirely self-subsisting and...
By Aliya Vaughan “The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: ‘The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, although both are good. Strive for that which will benefit you, seek the help of Allah, and do not feel helpless. If...
  By Calisha Bennet “You are as close to Truth right this second as you ever will be. Why don’t you just learn to relax and appreciate what you have in life? When you do, I guarantee that you’ll stand a far greater chance of finding what you are looking for...