Creative Well-Being Blog

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…

Self-Care Tips with Sumbla

By: Sumbla Qureshi As a Parenting Coach, Sumbla has some tips to help parents and children during lockdown:

My Mini Lockdown Memoir

By: Ustdaha Khadija Assalam alaykum I am Ustdaha Khadija, and this is my mini lockdown memoir.  I have currently been in isolation for one month, and counting. I try to take it one day at a…

#WorkingFromHomeLife

By: Sara McHaffie Are you finding yourself suddenly expected to work from home, due to new social distancing policies in your workplace? Here at Amina MWRC we have some staff…

Mental health & Beliefs on Black Magic/Jinn

This project looks at the health and well-being of Muslim and minority ethnic women. Over six months, Amina MWRC ran workshops with women of faith in Glasgow to understand the…