In the second of this two-part feature, Zinah Nur Sharif casts a net across the world wide web to capture and showcase even more modest and fabulous bloggers, and what triggered them to start blogging. In my previous post I shed some light on five modest and fabulous UK-based bloggers and their motivations. But that’s not where the train … Read more
Jonathan Wilson examines the Mipsters sub-culture as he speaks to Abbas Rattani, one of the creators behind the viral video. So, here’s the irony: My slightly tongue-in-cheek first article for Aquila Style asked where the fashionable Muslim men are, and why Muslim women are grabbing all of the headlines. What happens? I get contacted by The Times newspaper to comment on … Read more
Choreographer, artist and teacher Amirah Sackett shares her respectful recipe of faith, expression and dance. By Nasya Bahfen. The voices of American Muslim rap artists Native Deen are laid over a black screen showing images of a veiled Mary and Christ – the latter first as a baby, then an adult. A photo of Mother Teresa … Read more
When talking about sex, most people can tell you about a husband’s rights over his wife. But what about the other way around, asks Theresa Corbin. Recently, I was walking through an Islamic bookstore and I came across an entire aisle of books with titles that enumerated the ways a woman is to bIslame a good … Read more
Aquila Style’s Fabulous and Mighty Muslimahs are among the names in this year’s list. Afia R Fitriati reports. Famous and familiar names decorate this year’s list of the world’s 500 Most Influential Muslims. The fourth annual publication was recently released by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC), an independent research entity headquartered in Amman, Jordan. Abdallah … Read more