Two Cents

Two Cents is a new space on Amaliah where we share your short reflections, critique, and reactions from social media and emails you’ve sent us. You can send your thoughts to contribute@amaliah.com or tweet and comment on any of our social channels! To find out if your comment will be featured check Two cents every Wednesday on Amaliah.

The whole point of this post is not to just tell you about how the Instagram takeover went, it is to tell you that you should always seize every opportunity that will benefit you and others, believe in your abilities and work hard to plant the seeds whose fruits you will want to enjoy later on. It doesn’t matter whether others believe in you, even though I know it helps if they do, but the condition for why you should believe in what you do should not be whether others recognise your talent and potential. That will happen naturally in due course.

This week we share reflections from a recent Instagram takeover, a response to the Uyghur Muslims oppression, representation of people of colour in both mental health and amongst writers.

You can send your thoughts to contribute@amaliah.com or tweet and comment on any of our social channels! To find out if your comment will be featured check Two cents every Wednesday on Amaliah.

1. A reflection from a recent Instagram takeover from Dina larki. We appreciate the support you all give us in your own way. Jazhak Allah Khair. Read full article here

“The idea of the portrait shoot with Maii left me feeling reassured because it meant I could visually show people what I do in action and not just in final images of previous portraits I have taken of people. I plucked up the courage and got on with it, and Selina was ever so great at explaining what it was all about. I ended up enjoying it a lot and a big part of it was the response I got from those who tuned in, people visiting my page and showing me their appreciation for my work, the lovely messages I received from so many of you, it all felt like a dream. This is why I will always be so grateful and 100% supportive of platforms like Amaliah.com who reach out and give you an opportunity to use your voice. It can make all the difference in the world.

The whole point of this post is not to just tell you about how the Instagram takeover went, it is to tell you that you should always seize every opportunity that will benefit you and others, believe in your abilities and work hard to plant the seeds whose fruits you will want to enjoy later on. It doesn’t matter whether others believe in you, even though I know it helps if they do, but the condition for why you should believe in what you do should not be whether others recognise your talent and potential. That will happen naturally in due course.

So be kind to yourself and show up for yourself, and the results will always follow. I leave you with this quote, which has helped me in the past and I hope it helps you too.”

 

2. A response to the oppression of Uyghur Muslims in China by Liza Choudhury

“Muslim countries boycott and stop importing/purchasing chinese products.”

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“China is treating Islam like a mental illness”

3. On the representation of writers by @Sukoonart through Amaliah’s #Muslimtwitterfeature

“Loved the one about lack of Muslim writers, create our own representation.“

4. On why we are in need of Muslim therapists in mainstream institutionby Faizah Malik.

“It’s true we do need more Muslim therapists and also therapists who can incorporate Islam and mental health and thankfully there is a lot more training in this area so the tide is starting to turn Alhamdullilah. I know for psychotherapy you have to be over 27/28 and have had some life experience and this may have put people off as it can mean changing careers later in life but I have met so many Muslims and women training in these areas that I do believe the ext generation will have much more support although yes there is still a lot to be done now.

So be kind to yourself and show up for yourself, and the results will always follow. I leave you with this quote, which has helped me in the past and I hope it helps you too.”