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“There Is A Market For American Muslim Voices”: Walking Down Memory Lane With Wajahat Ali

Educated at UC Berkeley followed by Graduating from UC Davis’ Law School; Wajahat Ali, a San Francisco Bay Area resident, found himself unemployed during the economic downturn. In an effort to avoid from going stir crazy at home, Wajahat turned to his ailing Fujitsu laptop and started writing articles, and stories on contemporary issues. @Heart...

02 March 2011 | 0 Comments

Be A Steward Of The Earth: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin’s Reflections On Faith and Environmentalism

“Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet, ” a book inspired by looking into ones faith for healing the planet. @Heart sits with Ibrahim Abdul-Matin author, youth leader, environmentalist, blogger – a ‘Renaissance Man’ with many talents. Ibrahim walks us through his interweaving threads of moments that helped shape his view and...

14 February 2011 | 0 Comments

Social Worker to Imam: Taking Our Community Forward with My Life Experiences

Finding ones direction in life does not always begin or become clarified after graduation from high school. Direction has its own timeline allowing our life experiences to help lay the path. Suhail Mulla’s life experiences is such an example that helped him find his way to Islam and later led him to focus his...

25 January 2011 | 0 Comments

My Mother – My Inspiration: Dr. Maher Hathout Explains How His Mother Inspired His Islamic Activism

In each of our lives we cross paths with many who may inspire us and motivate us to excel and develop. These people may be our teachers, entrepreneurs, imams, scholars, etc. For Dr. Maher Hathout, a Cardiologist, poet and Islamic activist it was his own Mother. @Heart sits with Dr. Hathout to hear his...

30 December 2010 | 0 Comments

Boonaa Mohammed: Re-Visiting A Personal Journey to Islam From His Eyes and His Words

The spoken word can be used to communicate, to inspire or even to destroy; it simply depends on the owner of those words. @Heart sits with Toronto’s own Boonaa Mohammed a Spoken Word / Storyteller artist who has sharpened his skills from his early exposure of Hip Hop to his passion for his religion....

12 December 2010 | 0 Comments

Finding Faith: Sarah Joseph’s Journey and Passion of Emel Magazine

@Heart reaches across the Atlantic Ocean and talks to Sarah Joseph, the CEO and Editor-In-Chief of Emel Magazine (www.emel.com). She describes her 4 C’s strategy (Confidence, Contribution, Common Good and Connectivity) of making Emel magazine a professional Muslim Lifestyle periodical. We discover that Sarah Joseph grew up among the famous and beautiful within her...

03 December 2010 | 0 Comments

Evolution of The Soul: Life That Was Meant To Be Living

Each person is always hunting for their reason “of being”, their role of giving back to humanity. It’s the one who’s aware of their soul that sees each of their individual experiences helps lead them to that role. @Heart sits with Munira Lekovic Ezzeldine, to reminisce on her numerous experiences of growing up in...

16 November 2010 | 0 Comments

A Personal Journey to Zaytuna Institute: Amin Momand

What We Want vs What God Provides: A continuous challenge that every human has experienced. Many times in our lives we are so discouraged or even angry with what we do not have (or cannot get) that we forget about the many favors God has provided in front of us. @Heart recollects a personal...

29 October 2010 | 0 Comments

Lights, Camera, Islam: Sharing Our Story with The World: Lena Khan

“A Film can tell stories and provide an easy method of sharing emotions and ideas among people.” One UCLA Muslim filmmaker, Lena Khan from Rancho Cucamonga, California quickly realized this connection and made it her personal skill and working mission. @Heart reaches Lena by phone on location of her recent project to reminisce over...

18 October 2010 | 0 Comments

A Tale Of Two Cities: Rain and Sun in Seattle and Jeddah

The brand name ‘Photography by Samia’ has become synonymous with the highest quality of photography within the Gulf Region to date. This studio has been the leader in capturing the most precious moments and special occasions of families within the Arab Peninsula (www.photographybysamia.com). @Heart asks Samia El Moslimany (aka “The American”) to reflect back...

07 October 2010 | 0 Comments

It’s Not Just Entertainment It Has A Message: Baba Ali and Ummah Films Story

It has been said over and over again that Allah is the best of all planners and that we, humans, are unable to connect all the dots until we look back at our past. @Heart traces back the dots of a young Iranian-American who became stranded on the shores of America, his determined journey...

29 September 2010 | 0 Comments

“Bismillah and Bon Appetit!” from Yvonne Maffei and MyHalalKitchen.com

1/4 cup of Passion 2/3 tblspn of Determination 1 Chef Who Loves To See People Smile And 100% Halal and Healthy This is the perfect set of ingredients of a wonderfully successful food blog from Chicago, IL. known as My Halal Kitchen (www.myhalalkitchen.com) that is owned and run by Yvonne Maffei. It’s her goal...

27 September 2010 | 1 Comment

Put Faith In Fashion: The SHUKR Story

Shukr, an Arabic term denoting thankfulness, gratitude and a highly esteemed virtue in Islam. This simple term became the cornerstone of an idea for an Islamic clothing brand for Muslims in the West – SHUKR Clothing (www.shukronline.com). SHUKR’s simple and humble beginnings sprung out as a part-time job to help pay for, Managing Partner...

19 September 2010 | 0 Comments

Sierra Leone to America: A Soccer Game Can Change A Life

It is a simple thing just a ball and a goal – Soccer. The most popular game played and viewed around the world. Soccer reaches far beyond the limits of its lush green pitch (field); it rallies neighbors, provides hope to citizens, gives countries respect and a sense of honor. For Abdul Rahman Sesay,...

09 September 2010 | 0 Comments

Journalism Journey of Hassan Fattah: The Quality Is The Goal

‘Quality and Getting The Story Out’ has been the passion and motto of Hassan Fattah a journalist and editor of English Arab Newspaper published in the UAE 0 The National. Hassan was initially a focused his career path towards Mining and Mineral Engineering, a graduate from the UC Berkeley California. His amazing solo experience...

18 August 2010 | 0 Comments

Mission Statement: Shahed Amanullah’s Passion In Developing A Voice On The Internet

In a late night (Jerry Maguire moment) self reflective soul searching moment a mission statement was written down that helped fuel a passion to provide Americans an insight and the benefits of its own American Muslim citizen population. This idea became the spark that developed two major sites on the web altmuslim.com: an introspective...

05 August 2010 | 0 Comments

God’s Gifts and Our Challenge: Autism Knows No Religious Boundaries

Autism is a form of pervasive developmental disorder with an unknown origin inflicting families of all racial, ethnic, socio-economic and religious backgrounds. Prior to the 1980s, the term “Autism” was primarily thought to be rare, affecting approximately one in every 2,000 children. As of 2006, the numbers rose to an outstanding one in...

23 July 2010 | 0 Comments