Photos: That Beautiful Filipina Kawaii Hijabi
When she added me on Facebook, I couldn’t help but admire her style and beauty. Jamaila Salic Micawayan surely knows how to dress. With that pretty face, she looks just like a Barbie in hijab. Ate Jamailah is a thirty-plus-something mom ...
No Atom Exists That Allah Does Not Know
Every calamity we have to witness, every hardship we have to encounter, every step we have to take, every minute we have to breathe, every atom that exists.. happens with the knowledge of Allah. Among the 6 articles of Islamic ...
Take Advantage of Your Youth Before Old Age
Assalamualaikum warahmatullaahi wabarakatuh Last week, I had the opportunity to interview Sr. Hanifah Alhamdulillah. Since the day I published the article Embracing Your Identity Is Never An Obstacle, it’s been shared and read by many from all over the world. I’m glad ...
DIY dua book
“And your lord said: “invoke me and ask me for anything and I will respond to your invocation” (Surah Ghaafir 40:60) Allah encourages us to make dua and supplication for anything and everything. When I say everything I mean literally ...
A Hijabi’s Love Letter
La, Remember the first time we met? There was something in the air. I felt it. You felt it too. It was the soft wind of a faraway storm. It was looming in the distance, and we knew it was ...
Embracing Your Identity Is Never An Obstacle
We have a new weekly series on HM, featuring the stories of our Filipino niqabi sisters. HM believes that behind their veils are stories that are usually unheard yet worth sharing. So here on HM, we try to bring their unheard ...
The Purpose of the Hijab
Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu. Hijab, why do we – Muslim women – have to cover ourselves like; our hair, body shape, etc? What is the purpose of wearing a scarf around our heads? And ...
Promising Young Hijabis in the Philippines
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu. While today’s generation has been dubbed as selfish and narcissistic, we are also the most diverse, creative and passion-loving generation. Not only do we face the criticisms of being millennials, ...