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
What was promised to be a week of fun and friendship turns out, it appears, to be a scam. Muslimah personalities, bloggers, designers, artists and fashion enthusiasts from all over the world arrived today in Hershey, Pennsylvania to attend International Muslimah Fashion Week (IMFW), which was supposed to kick off Thursday evening (local time) on March 20th. … Read more
While the “Stealth Freedom” of Iranian women is inspiring, framing covering as oppression and uncovering as freedom is both stale and problematic, writes Sya Taha. The liberal feminist organisation Femen and its members’ naked breasts have had their media run. Now a more modest sort of uncovering is happening, this time in Iranian social media. Last month, London-based … Read more