Ameera Aslam
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Crying at Airports (twice this month)
Issue #34 Hello & Salaam! All of August I told myself I'll send the email newsletter soon and then it was 31st August and I still wasn't done drafting it. So August newsletter is being sent on 2 Sept. Apologies! August was lovely mashaAllah. My parents at the last minute decided to come to Melbourne (where I'm living now) for my birthday. They stayed at a hotel 1.5 hours away from me (long story haha) but it was so lovely to spend time with them in person. Shortly after they left, my besties...
How would your life be depicted in a museum? 🖼️
Issue #33 Hello & Salaam! InshaAllah I'll be departing for Singapore soon to meet the other ladies who've signed up for the Kashmir spiritual retreat with me & Ustazah Diyanah Yanti. I've been preparing for the learning & reflection circles and got reminded of this exercise that we did during the A Year to Live course. This was the prompt: "If your life was to be made into a museum exhibit with ten large paintings depicting the most significant moments of your life, which scenes would the...
Some reflections from my Hajj 🕋
Issue #32 Hello & Salaam! Alhamdulillah I got the absolute honour of being invited for Hajj this year and have recently come back from it. I think I will be reflecting on my Hajj experience probably for the rest of my life subhanAllah. 🥲 It truly was a journey of a lifetime and I am beyond grateful. I pray that all of you will be invited to complete this pillar of our faith soon too, ameen. See more here One thought that kept coming up as I was going through the rituals of Hajj, the walking...
Sign-up for Open Hearts Snail Mail Club closes tonight!
Issue #31 Hello & Salaam! Remember the joy of checking the mail and actually finding something meant just for you? You can experience that again with the Open Hearts Snail Mail Club! It's a monthly letter subscription and a small reminder of joy and slowness delivered straight to your mailbox. I'm preparing the May/Dhulhijjah letter, poem, reflections and paper surprise right now and the list closes firmly tonight (30 April!). If your mailbox needs a little more beauty and a little less junk...
Why Travel is One of the Greatest Spiritual Teachers
Issue #30 Hello & Salaam! I’ve been trying to work on my travelogue for the past few years. I don’t think I quite realise how much I’ve been reading that has to do with travel. I started drafting this for an Instagram carousel (that has been shared so widely!) and realised I had a lot to share. Anyhow, the first part of this email are some of my favourite quotes so far about travel being a spiritual teacher. I then share about: a Spiritual Retreat I'm leading to Kashmir in July, Digital...
Come on a Spiritual Retreat with me to Kashmir 🗻
Issue #29 Hello & Salaam! What would change if you lived as though this were your last year on earth? Imam al-Ghazali's Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife completely altered the trajectory of my life when I first read it as a carefree 18-year-old. I have gone back to this book multiple times since then, and have a new appreciation for it each time. Today, I am so honored to announce that registration is officially open for our upcoming Kashmir retreat: Remembering Death, Choosing Life....
Open Hearts Snail Mail Club 💌 Closes Tomorrow!
Issue #28 Salaam & Hi! How are you spending these last few days of the year? What are you looking forward to in 2026?For me, I've been working really hard on this for the past few months and I'm so happy to finally invite everyone to the Open Hearts Snail Mail Club As a poet & lover of poetry, I always say that poetry is an invitation to pause. And I think this snail mail club is an extension of my dedication to slowing down. With a letter in your mailbox, you’ll need to sit down, open the...
You're Invited: Guided Reflection Session TONIGHT at 8pm
Issue #27 Salaam & Hi! I'll be hosting and guiding a reflection and journalling session tonight over Zoom. 19 Dec 2025, 8pm SG/KL time.If you've been needing a gentle space to pause, reflect and breathe this new year in, I'd love for you to join us!I've led this in-person and online a few times as welcomed Muharram 1447H and it was always such a lovely gathering. I usually do my journalling and reflection on my own but getting to share this space with others has been its own sweetness. I've...
Come with me to Jordan and Masjid al-Aqsa this February.
Issue #26 Assalaamualaikum & hello everyone! Alhamdulillah, it is a great honour for me to share about an upcoming retreat I've designed and will be facilitating to Jordan and Masjid al-Aqsa right before Ramadan A few months ago, I was approached and asked if I would be interested to do something like this. As cliche as it is, it came at the perfect time. Literally while I was walking to the venue where I was going to meet the organisers (at the time, I didn't know what the meeting was going...
Where you can catch me TODAY + Updates
Issue #25 Assalaamualaikum & hello everyone! It's been a year since my last email! A lot has happened in the meantime.I'll start with the announcements and then recap other milestones along the way inshaAllah. I wasn't informed when it was coming out so it's a surprise to me too. I also haven't seen the final cut but inshaAllah it will be good! You can watch it here: https://www.mewatch.sg/show/Skuad-Cilik-29475If you're watching it later (like I would), I should be on Season 5, Episode 4....
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