The Career Chronicles Saamiyah Ali July 31, 2022 Inspiring Individuals, Uncategorized Sumaiya Nuur is a Canadian, Muslim woman of Somali origin. She has seen a slew of programs and industries during her undergraduate studies. Now, as a Pharmacy Technician at Pharma Plus, she looks back at her a... Read More...
Blurring the Lines Between Biology and Machine Learning Maryam Shah July 11, 2021 Inspiring Individuals In June of 2020, Amina Asif completed her Ph.D. in computer science and was one of the few people selected worldwide for postdoctoral research in England. She worked with Dr. Jennifer Doudna on her Nobel Prize... Read More...
What My Immigrant Parents Taught Me About Sacrifice Anonymous August 30, 2019 Inspiring Individuals am the child of immigrants. Technically I am an immigrant myself, having arrived in Canada at the age of four, but having been so young, I don’t remember much about life before. The majority of my life has be... Read More...
Rad Muslims: Alia Youssef and the Sisters Project Farheen Hassany March 25, 2019 Inspiring Individuals The Sisters Project is a series of images and stories of Muslim women across Canada doing extraordinary things in their daily lives. The project aims to counter negative stereotypes of Muslim women through shar... Read More...
Aaida Mamuji: A Fighter Rabiya Ather January 30, 2019 Inspiring Individuals A nervous hijabi with a shy smile and determined gaze enters a boxing club, surrounded by an atmosphere of sweat, blood and rhythmic thuds on punching bags — “a scene out of a Rocky movie,” as she describes it... Read More...
Liberty Chalein – Vancouver’s first Urdu play! Farheen Hassany September 4, 2018 Inspiring Individuals, Lifestyle & Entertainment, News & Social Issues Stop right there. Type “Liberty Chalein” into your search bar on Facebook, Instagram or Google. Now. This event is not an event you want to miss. Liberty Chalein is an Urdu play written by Sana Janjua. Prefo... Read More...
Jagmeet Singh – Successful in Your Own Skin Maha Siddiqui June 4, 2018 Inspiring Individuals Have you ever walked into a room, quickly realized that you look completely different than everyone else, and walked out? It might sound ridiculous to someone who has not encountered this scenario, but it can b... Read More...
Abubakar Khan: Starting Khanversations Aisha Hyder January 15, 2018 Inspiring Individuals Attending twelve to thirteen different schools, it was early on that Abubakar Khan learned the art of making friends. He tells me he has always been a big people person: “I went to so many different schools... Read More...
Tauheed Faheem: Inspired Artist, Aspiring Entrepreneur Amal Abdullah November 20, 2017 Faith, Inspiring Individuals Tauheed Faheem is an emerging self-taught Arabic calligraphy artist in Surrey, British Columbia. A 2nd year Accounting student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Tauheed has always had a passion for creating a... Read More...
Hamza Ahmad: Founder of “How to Be A Bully” and “Journal For Muslims” Fatima Zahra June 6, 2017 Inspiring Individuals, News & Social Issues Update: Journal for Muslims is out NOW as of June 6th! Hamza Ahmad is a 23 year old South African Pakistani, who graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in kinesiology and a minor in co... Read More...