Faded Rose
A quick OOTD again; this time starring the you make me blush dress from Abaya Addict. The dress is one of two beautiful dresses and couple of quirky scarves sent to me by this Dubai based modest...
View ArticleHijab Fest!
Shoes and purses are nice enough, but it is difficult for a hijabi to ever have too many scarves. Obviously then, when the girls behind Imaan & Beauty offered me to try out some new scarves for the...
View ArticleSpring Rose + El Pais Feature
All my Spanish-speaking readers should check out this article in the online version of El Pais (Spain’s largest newspaper) on hijab, fashion, and style blogging. I think I really liked what was written...
View ArticleJungle Fever
There are two things I can’t get over in terms of style: tribal prints and animal prints. And even better, those two combined with beige/light khaki colored tapered pants worthy of any global explorer....
View ArticleThe Housekeeping List
Hi, lovelies. This is basically an update-post to let you know what is going on! First of all, you may want to check out my first turban tutorial ever on Youtube Now obviously, there’s room for a lot...
View ArticleInstant Hijab
Just to let you know; I’m alive I’ve had a great time traveling for the Fashion Fighting Famine show, a wedding, and preparing and performing the Hijabi Monologues at my university. The rest of the...
View ArticleEnd of Semester Mashup
I know it has been ages since my last OOTD, but as referred to in my last post I have just been extremely busy with school, traveling, and so on. Also, it is the end of the semester, which leads to...
View ArticleLittle Turbanista on the Prairie (Annah Hariri Review)
This maxi full-coverage dress from Annah Hariri, a UAE based Muslim designer, is one of those garments I feel unabashed to gush about. Not only is the dress beautiful, modest, and comfortable, but the...
View ArticleCalifornia Love/Fashion Fighting Famine
One of the more memorable things I got to do this semester was visiting California last month as a special guest to the biggest Muslim fashion charity event in the US, Fashion Fighting Famine. Over a...
View ArticleCatch-up Spring
The weather is catching up with the season, while I’m catching up with remaining grading, schoolwork, and posting outfit pictures up on the blog. As such, this post and the next will contain two...
View ArticleThe Tale of Two Springtime Outfits Caught in the Storm (featuring a Zananah...
This is not really a tale, but I did happen to get caught in bad weather with both of the following outfits. Now I’ve probably mentioned earlier that I’m no fan of Michigan weather, and so I pretend as...
View ArticleAliaa’s Story
“Your hijab is beautiful”, she said, with a genuinely impressed look on her famished-looking, heavyhandedly drawn face. “Do you know that I used to be one of you? Yeah; Sara, Maryam, and I used to be...
View ArticleChanneling my Inner Khaleejiya (La Parisienne Abaya Review)
Why do you need this stunning La Parisienne designer abaya straight from Dubai, UAE? Because it is obviously amazing. And I say that as sincerely as I can; the day it arrived and I tried it on I just...
View ArticleLast Day of Classes (and some Vous Etes Belle Fashion Goodies)
The day before yesterday was my last day of classes for this semester. Hamdlelah. It has been somewhat crazy at times with a lot more travel and blog commitments than previously, in addition to...
View ArticlePeplum Power
Long overdue as this post is, I’ve actually managed to wear this peplum maxi dress from Abaya Addict several times (in different ways, of course) before finally getting to take a picture of it for the...
View ArticleThe “Ethnic” One
Don’t you love it when you wear an outfit put together with pieces solely from mainstream retail stores and some stranger points out that you’re wearing “traditional” or cultural dress just because one...
View ArticleGoing Gaga over Hijab-ista
Just how much do I love Hijab-ista (and the awesome ladies behind the brand)? Not only do they have an impressive selection of maxi, pashmina, and jersey scarves in all sorts of colors and prints;...
View ArticleThe Sun’s Back
It is back to stay, iA! Just in time for finals’ week, the sun popped out and has been staying with Michiganders ever since. Naturally, arriving at this light at the end of the very long tunnel that...
View ArticleThrowback, Sort of. Chicago with Raquel Evita
Raquel has been a supporter, friend, and sister-in-arms since the days of the original Hijablog, y’all; I’m talking about that brief blogging stint the summer and fall of 2008 (I did a post of her...
View ArticleThe Signature Wrap and a General Wrap-Up
First off, my second hijab tutorial is up! Watch it below to learn how to wrap my regular scarf style: Then, for those of you who do not follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, here’s where The...
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