About Amaliah
Amaliah is dedicated to amplifying and celebrating the voices of Muslim women. We believe that a media company that amplifies the voices of Muslim women is a powerful tool for cultural change and one of the ways we aim to do this is through publishing articles by the Amaliah community. We have covered a range of topics, and issues, and celebrated, informed and educated. We have voices representing the global sisterhood, from the UK and USA, to India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Turkey and many other countries and we’re always on the lookout for more voices, stories and experiences to platform.
What We Publish
We publish a range of formats (listicles, interviews, personal essays, profile pieces, reviews, or even photo series) under five different categories. The pieces we publish are rooted in an Islamic identity and surface nuanced experiences and different stories of Muslim women. We are looking for well-researched pieces, that reference statistics and include interviews (where applicable), are grammar and spell checked, as well as a variety of voices that go beyond superficial analysis to dive deep into what it means to exist as a Muslim woman today.
N.B. We only accept pitches via our submission form
Below you’ll find examples of some of the pieces that we’ve previously commissioned that reflect the kind of content we are seeking to publish at Amaliah:
Relationships
- The Problem With Marriage CVs in My Community
- Shackled to Motherhood: On the Pressure to Have Children as a Muslim Woman
- The Marital Rights of Women in Islam
- Here are 53 Questions to Ask Your Potential Spouse
- Me, Myself, My Mother and Our Strained Relationship
- 8 Muslim Sex Educators and Resources
- Experiencing Friendship Breakups as a Neurodivergent Muslim Led Me to Al-Waliyy
- Give People Their Flowers While They Are Still Alive: A Reflection on Love That Is Grief
- Muslim Marriage Crisis: A Photo Series Exploring the Reality for Muslim Women
Soul
- What Birds Can Teach Us About Getting Closer to Allah
- Women in the Qur’an: 8 Lessons We Can Take From Maryam Peace Be Upon Her /What Asiyah Can Teach Us About Standing up Against Injustice
- What Butterflies, the Quran and Comfort Zones Taught Me About Self Growth
- 8 Things I Did That Helped Me Rescue My Salah
- A Look at the Absence of God From the Contemporary Wave of Spirituality
- Book Review – Fiqh of Social Media: Timeless Principles for Navigating the Digital Age
- Allah’s Names and How to Use Them in Duas
- Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ Daily Routine: Forgotten Sunnahs to Implement in Your Life
Finance: Money & Careers
- A 16 Point Guide on How to Get Paid Your Worth as a Person of Color
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Money
- 4 Ways to Level Up Your Finances
- Your 10-Point Financial Guide to Moving Abroad
- Small Nikah to a £100k Wedding: 3 Brides Share Their Financial Tips With Us
- 6 Ways to Do Ramadan and Eid on a Budget
- 4 Women Tell Us How They Prepared Financially to Have Children
Fun: Discover & Experience
- The Beginner’s Guide to Camping in the UK
- Cycle Sisters, the Initiative Getting Muslim Women on Their Bikes
- Hustles + Hobbies: Standup Paddleboarding with @Fatimasups
- ‘My Home, My Bari’ the Latest Museum of Home Installation
- “We Can’t Afford to Be Written Badly” – An Interview With British-Somali Actor and Playwright Sabrina Ali
Culture & Lifestyle
- The Myth of the Ideal Muslimah
- What Taking Off My Hijab Taught Me About the Glorification of Sin
- 19 Websites to Book Your Staycation on That Are Not Airbnb
- How Ramadan and Eid Have Been Hijacked by Capitalism
- Suicidal Thoughts and Low Iman: How PMDD Could Be Affecting Your Faith and Mental Health
- Why Muslims Need to Archive Their History
- The Myth of Beauty Standards: From Thigh Gaps to Thicc Thighs
- 7 Hijab-Friendly Hairdressers in London
- Abortion: 5 Muslim Women Tell Us Their Stories
- How India Is Hurtling Towards a Genocide Against Muslims
- British Negligence and State Supported Child Trafficking of Shamima Begum
- The Rise of the Muslim Incel: Ideological Victim Blaming and Its Harm to Muslim Women and Men
- How Vaginismus Is Affecting the Sex Lives of Muslim Women
Please do not hesitate to pitch to us on a topic or issue that you think is important but that you may not see listed on our website.
Do we pay our writers?
We offer a contribution fee for every new piece published on Amaliah*. We do not pay for articles that are already published elsewhere but you are still welcome to pitch them to us for publication.
*We are happy to allocate resources and/or funds where needed to aid the production of a piece. We are currently dealing with this on a case by case basis but we hope to reach a point where we have clear bands.
How to Submit Your Pitch
Before submitting your pitch, please check our website to make sure that we have not already published a piece that is identical to the topic you’re pitching to us about. If you are writing for the first time, please make sure that you read our guide on things to consider.
If you would like to pitch us an idea for a piece, please fill out this form. If you have more than one idea, please send each one as an individual pitch.
Amaliah does not publish pieces that promote hate, prejudice, and discrimination of any kind. We also take plagiarism very seriously.
After submitting your pitch
We aim to process all submissions within 10 working days. If your pitch is accepted, you will receive an email from a member of our editorial team, with the expectation for the piece to be received within 7 working days. Your piece may go through a few rounds of revisions to ensure that it is ready for publication and we will communicate any edits or changes with you throughout this process.
If you have not heard back from us after a month then it means your pitch has not been accepted for publication. Rarely do we decline a pitch because it isn’t a good idea, rather it is often because we have so many good pitches that land in our form every day which we cannot accommodate or the submission guidelines have not been met. This is down to time and capacity constraints, or because your pitch may not be the right fit for Amaliah’s tone and audience.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
