Here at The Umm Fariha Network, we love to share the personal journey’s of women around the world. Our feature today is of a talented up and coming designer, Ruqayyah Adeosun. Ruqqayyah is a wife and mother of one. She studied biochemistry at the University and is currently a volunteer in a non governmental organization, called Health Talk […]
Volume 1: Becoming a Mother Relief… After two days of labour and having to throw everything in my birth plan out of the window, I remember feeling relieved that it was all over.. As I looked at my son in my arms I couldn’t quite figure out if I wanted to cry or laugh… The […]
We love to share the journey and great work of fellow sisters all over the world. Today we have a short feature on Rasheedah Abdulmalik of Noorah Gifts. Rasheedah is a mother of two little boys ages 2 1\2 and 5 months. She is a qualified teacher of Mathematics by proffession with a passion for crafting. […]
Volume 1: Becoming a Mother Childbirth… Hmm! Where do I start from … Pregnancy wasn’t difficult for me, in fact I didn’t know I was pregnant until I was about two months gone. I just noticed that my period hadn’t come in a while; my periods were irregular and it’s still irregular sef. So I […]
Volume 1: Becoming a Mother All praise be to Allah (swt). We planned to have our baby even though I was just about to begin my final year at the university. I thought being pregnant while studying wouldn’t be so bad, as I’ve seen other girls doing it, plus I really wanted to be a mother, […]
Here I am again… at that point where I’m like… “where did the past two weeks go?” It’s like my life was moving in fast forward, with so many things being thrown in my path on top on the usual crazy commitments. I’m usually just about keeping my head above water, but I’ve actually felt […]
I remember all the counselling sessions I had before getting married. I sat with older women who taught me what is expected of a wife, and I listened to the fathers give stories of their first few years of marriage. All the advice, tips and counselling were very insightful; I was listening to different experiences […]
Assalam alaykum sisters, and let’s not forget the brothers too… I hope you’ve had an amazing, productive and righteous week so far. Today I want to talk about Zuhd (asceticism) and what it truly means in Islam. Lets start by asking the question, does Zuhd really mean poverty? The answer to that is – No. […]
Title: I AM MALALA (The Girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban) Author: Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb Reviewed by: Zaynab Tyty Quadri Year of Publication: 2013 After receiving a Nobel peace Prize for her Humanitarian work, the courageous story of Malala has intrigued and surprised many. In this Review Zaynab […]
“It is made lawful to you to go into your wives on the night of the fast; they are an apparel for you and you are an apparel for them” (Q2:187) This verse of the holy Qur’an is an interesting one that women seem to forget. Quite often, we complain about lack of intimacy, or […]
