The History of Braids

http://photos.essence.com/galleries/hairstyle_file_the_evolution_of_braids

i absolutely love this! i actually love going into the history of trends just to see how far we've come. i think with most things looking back in time helps us go forward. braids are so slept on! well i wont speak about weaves because that is not the focus of my piece *clear throat* but when i went through this slide show i felt like wow these women look real, content and at peace with their look, and their look alone. big up Brandy i think her pics are my favourite!

Ride On Sister....

Hijabs High: On the Street :: Leeds

So this morning i was browsing my favourite muslimah blog Hijab High. its like the satorialist-hijab style(",) i've been meaning to get myself a bike and start using it as a means of transport but i decided to wait until i move nearer to the city for safety reasons. anyway when i saw this hijabi i got awoken to the passion all over again. she looks so free and content with who she is and her identity as a muslim just shines through with no apologies! so inshaAllah i think i'll be riding around town sooner than i thought!

DIFFERENT

this is one of my favourite pictures.

OK the one in the middle is me, *never mind the pose* in the background there's art.

that is my life. I'm a tiny spec surrounded by the glitterings of art.

i think the eye is an amazing thing, it tells you what to look at and how to look at it.

it seemed at first that i stood out and looked different to my friends. in reality though they look different to me we look different to the lady sitting on the bench and over all art sees us differently too. OK it sound a little weird but its the theme of my life. training the eye to master its universe and see beauty in strangeness divorcing the word different to unacceptable and marrying her with art.

flowing fabric

i have no idea where this idea will take me but i wanted to share all my favourite things, things that i believe make me who i am. fashion, love, life, education, children....everything that oozes out of the heart of a hijabi. beautiful things that flow, that speak volumes. things that taste good things that inspire elegance and change; trinkets, gadgets and yes the essence of it all is to get under the flowing fabric of my life.

Bismillah