I was raised in a strict Christian home. African father and a Caribbean mother. We were a 7th day church of God family which meant that we went to church on Saturdays and observed the Sabbath. Almost similar to how Jewish people do in the sense that we weren’t allowed…

When I first became Muslim I knew and accepted the fact that I had to wear the niqab as a Muslim woman, but I really hated the way I looked in it. When I gave birth to my first child, a daughter, I felt apprehensive that one day she would…

When I started to wear the hijab I really hated it. I just felt so ugly. And I wasn’t even wearing it properly. I was still wearing tight clothes because that’s all I had and I would wear a scarf. It felt odd to me- that combination, because when I…

Maryam Elkhabouche is a Nutrition and Fitness Coach. She’s a Londoner from a Moroccan background. Her interest in nutrition and fitness began after having her own struggles with being overweight from childhood and has been in the industry for nine years. …

Safia Massoud is a twenty something year old New Yorker. She comes from an Egyptian background and has recently graduated from Teachers College Columbia University with a Masters of Arts in Higher Education. But her ambition doesn’t stop there. She is also an amateur runner with hopes of running the…

For anyone who is interested in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a martial art Yasmin is certainly not the type of person most would expect to see at a match let alone ringside. Not only is she a woman but she is a Muslim woman in full niqab, the face veil. …

Are you a parent? Have you ever felt like breaking your head open in frustration because your children refuse to take your advice even though you think it could be potentially life saving? Do you feel that your words are falling on deaf ears or that you might as well…

This is part two of an article in which I hope, insha Allah, to encourage Muslim mothers especially to have the confidence to teach and encourage their daughters about the importance of wearing the hijab. With all the social pressures and stigmatisation about the hijab in not only non Muslim…

Sometimes I hear criticism against the niqab that it’s unfair that as a niqabi I get to see other peoples faces but they can’t see mine. It’s funny that those who unreservedly post their personal photos online don’t think about who can see their images. It won’t only be your…