First of all, Jummah Mubarak and we hope that you have a blessed day today! The weather so far appears to be holding up here in London as the sun has come out to welcome us to the weekend.  Ayman (our Assistant Editor) has brought in a few things for Fatema (our Lifestyle Editor) to use today for a day of photoshoots that are going into the eco-special July issue.

The June issue of emel has just hit the stores and you can find out more information about it in our monthly e-zine here. In this month’s issue of emel, we interview  Zain Bhikha who is touring the country with Families Relief, plus cover a feature on a summer of sport that includes interviews with Anelka and other Premiership footballers.

Zain Bhikha and Friends – Families Relief UK Concert Tour

Zain Bhikha and his friends will be kick starting the first leg of his UK concert tour for Families Relief. He is in Manchester tonight and emel are attending as media partners at the event. If you will be attending the event, come over and say hello to us. We will also be attending the rest of the events in London, Bradford and Birmingham and you can still catch us there. Click here if you haven’t booked tickets yet.

The dawn of a new age?

Apple’s acclaimed iPad went on sale in the UK today, with many industry experts calling it the dawn of a new age. I still have my personal reservations on the product, however I can’t help but imagine the possibilities -

Will you be lining up to buy an iPad soon? If you did, how would you like to read emel? Would you download and read an emel iPad or iPhone app if we offered one?  Please leave your thoughts and comments below