Creative Well-Being Blog

Winter 2024 Creative Well-Being Activities

Our Dundee Creative Well-Being programme hosts sessions at The Wellgate on Tuesdays (term time) from 10am to 2pm. Our recent activities have been full of learning, connection, and new friendships.…

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World Hijab Day: How Hijab Became My Path to Inner Peace and Strength

30th January 2025 by Maryam Yousaf To mark World Hijab Day 2025, Author Maryam Yousaf shares her reflections on how wearing the Hijab became her path to inner peace and…

Dundee: Islamophobia Awareness Month Activities

27th November 2024 by Samera Iqbal November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month, providing an opportunity for organisations to educate themselves and other through information on Islamophobia and its impact. This, in…

‘Unveiled’ a Collaborative Mixed Media Art Project by Amina MWRC & How It Felt

27th November 2024 by Rachel Simpson & Arati Ahmed Throughout September and October 2024, Amina Dundee’s Creative Well-Being group were involved in a special project as part of the Scottish…

Creative Well-Being Activities Autumn 2024

15th November 2024 Our Dundee Creative Well-Being Programme is thrilled to have welcomed our women back for the new term! Since resuming after the summer holidays, our sessions have been…

Finalist in The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards

Exciting News – Amina MWRC has been shortlisted as a Finalist in The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards, to be held on Friday, 13 September in Glasgow. The Herald Award…

Creative Well-Being reveal their Nine Wells panel for The Dundee Tapestry

On Friday 19th January, for the first time showing together, 35 individual squares filled with intricate embroidered tapestry graced the space at the V&A Dundee. This evening event celebrated the…

International Women’s Day 2024: Inspire Inclusion

Happy International Women’s Day! The theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is “Inspire Inclusion”. Amina – The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre (MWRC) empowers women by inspiring inclusion each day! We specialise in delivering…

World Hijab Day 2024: Veiled in Strength

Today marks World Hijab Day, a global awareness day recognising millions of Muslim Women & Girls who choose to wear the Hijab (Muslim Headscarf) globally. As Scotland’s leading Women Rights…

Amina x Radiophrenia Podcast Launch

We are thrilled to have collaborated with Riah Naief and Katie Revell at Radiophrenia Glasgow over the Summer for our Amina Podcast. Our podcast was live streamed during an exclusive event…

The Myth of Perfection – #Just Breathe…

#Just Breathe… All young people in academia have felt the weight of endless deadlines, exams, feeling constantly behind, and the struggle to balance social life, school and sleep. My experience…

Ramadan Recipe: Sheer Peera Afghani

Some of our community champions are chosen because they have made brave choices to participate and give back in whatever way they can. They inspire us by being themselves and…