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. ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 man...
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...
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...
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 a...
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...