by Maryam Amelie Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim Fear is a mindset that limits what you are capable of doing. Once you embrace fear, you will truly live.  We all have many fears, don’t we? We fear failure, rejection, the unknown, the future, the past, and even fear of putting on the hejab – at least for […]

by Maryam Amelie Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim Men and women are all the same. We all have basic needs. To love and to be loved. If you have read my previous blog post on the B’Andalusia Collection, you would probably know by now what inspired me to create the Parisienne Collection. My sojourn in Paris. After […]

By Maryam Amelie Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim “Only Allah can calm the constant stirrings in her heart.” I am blessed for having travelled “widely” enough when I was young and still a student, being the fortunate daughter of  a dad who was the pioneer in our local airline industry – Singapore Airlines. As pioneers, he and […]

By Maryam Amelie Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim “When He breathes ruh onto me, I became me.” As I was spring cleaning my house for yet another hijrah of my life, I came across my university’s year book. The yearbook was from the graduating students of Social Work – year 1993-1994. On my page, I wrote, “I […]