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emel’s Top Eid Gifts
We’re half way through Ramadan and it’s been a beautiful month so far, filled with loved ones and spirituality. As the blessed month slowly comes to an end, many of us will begin to experience that sinking feeling in our stomach – we’ll miss everything that Ramadan brings and hope that we can continue it [...]
What are your favourite halal restaurants?
Good evening all! It’s been a hectic start to the week here at emel; we’ve been working on putting the final touches to our new TV advert (watch out for it. We’ll let you know when it goes live) and sourcing ingredients for the next food shoot. Speaking of food, what are your favourite halal [...]
Running on empty
Day 1 of Ramadan ‘10 is almost over at the office. Not surprisingly, it has been a relatively quiet day here. Our caffeine rich environment now lies barren as we wait for the last couple of hours to go. The team are busy wrapping up the Eid issue. I’m in the process of road testing [...]
emel’s Ramadan last minute list
With only a day or two to spare, we thought we’d provide you with a last minute list of things to do to prepare for Ramadan. You can add points of your own in the comments section below!
1) Cook One, Freeze One – Don’t leave all your cooking until the last minute. We tend to [...]
The celestial firework display to welcome Ramadan
As the month of Ramadan approaches, within the next few nights the heavens will open up to much more than just a spiritual downpour. The annual Perseid meteor shower that starts from around the 9th to the 13th of August will be seen by millions of people all over the world.
The Perseid meteor shower is [...]
Shoe-String Wedding
When Chelsea Clinton got married last weekend the event is estimated to have cost between $3-$5million. Chelsea’s Vera Wang dress alone came in at around $20,000. Such celebrity, high cost weddings are nothing new; with the exclusive pictures often being sold to the likes of Hello for upwards of £1million.
Yet, wedding extravagance is not the [...]
Hiroshima’s Ground Zero – Why Nuclear Weapons are Fundamentally Un-Islamic
August 6th – 65 years ago today a bomb codenamed “Little Boy” was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which had been spared conventional aerial bombardment so that it would be a “pristine target”. With a radius of one mile from Ground Zero, the first effect of the explosion was blinding light, accompanied by [...]
Pakistan Flood – Fundraising Suggestions
Image courtesy Human Appeal
With a million people displaced and two million people needing emergency provisions, charities are appealing for donations. We look at ten ways to raise money.
Invite all of your friends to an iftar evening and ask them to pay what they might in a restaurant.
Make sweets and cakes and sell them to friends [...]
100 Days of Coalition
Written by Saqeb Mueen
With the Con-Lib Coalition Government reaching the 100 day milestone, Saqeb Mueen explores some of the issues of particular relevance to Britain’s Muslim communities.
Since the 1930s, it has become customary for modern governments to be judged through its performance in the first 100 days. But in Britain today, the assessment of the [...]