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  • Mar 2nd '20

    Protecting My Inner Child

    By Umm Zachariyyah I see a pink flower at four years old; my favourite in my mum's garden. So many small, tiny pink flowers making up one huge one. I loved it. I used to look at it, touch it, smell it. My mum always let me pick as many as I wanted. ...

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  • Feb 24th '20

    Protecting My Identity: KNOWING WHO I AM

    By Aliya Vaughan As humans, we are all united under the banner of humanity. That is our identity as a human race. Within that, we have multiple identities in terms of race, ethnicity, class, religion, etc. And in terms of religious identity, Muslims...

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  • Feb 17th '20

    Protecting ….My Sanity: 4 Life-Long Lessons

    By Sadeemka Recently, I have begun to wonder what it is in my personal life that I feel needs protecting the most. Instinctively, as a mother and wife, I am always drawn to the thought of protecting my family: Protecting my loved ones by creating a ...

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  • Jan 31st '20

    Alignment, Purpose and Learning To Love Your Body

    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 soci...

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  • Jan 17th '20

    The Muslimah I Am Today: Seeing The Bigger Picture

    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-sub...

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  • Dec 31st '19

    The Muslimah I am Today: Freedom From Worry

    By Aliya Vaughan "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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 hel...

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  • Nov 28th '19

    Why I Love…Travelling

    By Fatima-Minna I am sat in a little hire car next to my new husband, and we appear to be driving through a field. It’s dark, and we left the city hours ago. We’ve passed through towns and villages, which have been getting smaller and smaller. I...

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