Also known as Abdul Hakim Jackson, Dr Sherman A. Jackson is an American scholar who is King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture. Watch his moving tribute to Muslim women all around the world for wearing the hijab. Also the Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, … Read more
We’re frequently delivered the same old Muslim women’s trope – the placid housewife, or the shackled bint who doesn’t know any better. But there aren’t many who challenge stereotypes as strongly as writer Samina Ali. She speaks to Amal Awad about Muslim feminism and her journey into it. Perhaps more extraordinary than Samina Ali’s activism is the … Read more
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
We showcase some of the most exciting high-street Islamicwear labels and designers from Indonesia’s pumping megacity, Jakarta. By Afia R Fitriati. Duo Novie and Sari are two friends with fabulous fashion sensibility. ‘None’ is an abbreviation of their two nicknames: Novie and Neik (Sari). They also chose the name because ‘None’ is an affectionate name for … Read more
Best known as the designer behind former fashion label Maysaa, her evolving creative career is an extension of her former pursuits as a kid raised by two artist-parents. She spoke to Meaghan Brittini. She spent her childhood typing out her own newspapers and magazines on typewriters, playing with fabrics, and intently watching her parents create. “Most … Read more