With Kuala Lumpur Modest Fashion week just one month away, the excitement has started setting in! We had the pleasure of meeting with the KLMFW team last weekend at the MLExpo in Manchester. We also got an exclusive sneak- peak of some of amazing Malaysian Designers who showcased on the runway. KLMFW will hold on […]
October was the mental health awareness month, and if anything, it shed a light on the plight of mentally challenged people all around the world. Apart from mental illnesses that are genetic, one thing I have seen that people overlook is the mental illnesses that develop from marriages. Cases of abuse, neglect, bad treatment, and […]
One of the challenges we have in the Muslim world today amongst our sisters is that of low self esteem. For some sisters it’s easy for them to say, I am going to be who I am or I am comfortable with who I am. While for others it is not. Increasing your self esteem […]
This is the first of a four-part series focusing on yourself as a Muslim wife. “And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship me.” (Qur’an 51:56) A lot of marriage talks, mine inclusive, is centered on improving our relationship with our spouses and building a loving home for our family. What […]
Being a Mom is a Life time Adventure Being a mother is a great accomplishment, it is a joy that will forever dwell in my heart. Thus, the passing years after delivering was the most difficult part of birth, it was a time of travail. The sleepless nights, the nursing, constant feeding and care, being […]
This question is one that a lot of people will eagerly answer with ‘no’. Because to treat your spouse like a stranger means to be detached from them, to not be bothered about what is going on in their life, and to generally be distant the way one would be with a stranger. But treating […]
Being a Mom is a Gift, Trust and Blessing from Allah We all know how Allah honor mothers in the Qur’an, as did the Prophet SAW through the Sunnah. I grew up knowing my mom as the best and truest friend I had. She is very smart, prayerful and compassionate. She was always there for […]
I’m a daughter, you are a daughter, you have a daughter or you want a daughter. Somehow we fall in one of these categories. Most times, whenever that word (daughter) is mentioned, it’s accompanied by a sense of protection. But unfortunately in some societies, it screams “property”. Let’s take a moment to go back in […]
On one of those nights when my husband and I tried to work our way through our differences, we talked about our expectations of each other. During this conversation, I realized that the major source of our quarrels was that he wanted me to fulfil his rights before fulfilling some of his responsibilities. This scenario […]
Being a Mom means more than haven given birth to a child When I gave birth, not only was my child born, a new me was born too. With the birth of a child comes the birth of a mother. When the soul of a woman must birth the mother inside her, the emotional labour […]
