Part 1 of 3. The Modest Beauty Podcast gets the chance to sit down and talk with one of the designers and pioneers of fashion in the modest Muslim community here in the USA, Lubna Muhammad. Join us and get inspired by her humble beginnings as a Muslim fashion designer in the mainstream fashion industry at age 14. Everything inspires her and her designs, especially the streets and hustle and bustle of NYC which it cultivated from home economics in junior high school and her foundation from the...

Amirah Myers is a 19-year-old young African American Muslim henna artist who makes designs on the body using the dye from the henna tree.   Henna is only on the skin temporarily. Amirah taught herself and practiced on herself for many hours to develop the skills for henna artistry. She did not have a design or artistic background.  Listen to her journey and see how her skills and business evolved through determination, practice, and energy.  Amirah attends Towson University as a sophomore...

I’m excited to invite you to the Modest Beauty Podcast’s 1-year anniversary celebration.  It was a pleasure having all of these guests for season 1.  This is the final episode of season 1.  Listen and watch these short video clips, and audio clips.  I also read a couple of emails sent by 2 guests.  In this episode, some of the season 1 guests express what being on the show meant to them and how the Modest Beauty Podcast is a valuable platform and assists in giving an authentic voice in the...

Azizah Kahera has lived in the Middle East and has traveled extensively throughout Australia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Ms. Kahera has been featured on CNN, the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, and in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  Azizah served for over 15 years as the Chief Operations Officer for Azizah magazine, the vehicle for the voice of Muslim American women – a publication that portrays their experiences and shatters commonly held stereotypes. Formerly employed by...

Naballah Chi is a native of the predominately African and Indian people of the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago.  This artistic, innovative, fashion brand owner and festive islander has always had a love for fashion.   She always felt "creatively inspired" and says perhaps it was from her envirnomnet because long before birth, her parents designed, cut, sewed, and sold fashion as part of the family's revenue streams.  Naballah became apprentice under her driven entrepreneurial...

Khalida Muhaymin is a modest Muslim American model and businesswoman. She started modeling when she was 22 years old for local Muslim designers in NY and NJ where she’s from in the early 1990s. At that time modest Muslim models were far and in between. Fast forward- she has a BA and MA in teaching English, married for 24 years, and has 3 boys. She happened to go to a fashion show in 2018 and was asked to model on the spot and never looked back. Khalida has modeled in private shows in New York...

Taqwa Hasan has always had a love and a passion for The Arts/Fashion Design.  She received her Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Merchandising from Wayne State University in 2006.  Her unique and eclectic style to design was inspired by her very diverse upbringing while attending a local Muslim school in Detroit Michigan called Al-Ikhlas Training Academy.  Her school inspired her to see up close and personal the beauty of other cultures including their cultural prints, fabrics, and aesthetics. ...

Although just 13 years old, Zaira KaBibi is already an accomplished entrepreneur, model, and actress. She is the co-owner along with her two sisters of the fifteen-time award-winning Bourne Brilliant, a plant-based bakery, and restaurant. Together they've been in business for over 8 years. 2 years ago Zaira used her sewing and design skills to launch her company Kabibi Kollection. Signed with a talent agency, Zaira has been published and featured since the age of 2. This multi-ethnic beauty...

Zahiyya Abdul-Karim is a designer and entrepreneur in New York City's Fashion Industry. Over the past 25 years, Zahiyya has worked in the NYC fashion Industry building millions in revenue for design firms and also sewing and designing for private clients.  Cover Me Chic was also founded by Zahiyya and is the umbrella of her brand. Zahiyya studied fashion design in college and soon after got her first job in the New York fashion Industry. Her fashion and textile designs have been featured in...

This Podcast was at the Pink Carpet Charity Event so there is background noise. Listen to Ean Williams, a former professional model, actor, and multiple international awards recognized designer and producer chat with us on The Modest Beauty Podcast.  Mr. Williams is a 3 time British Vogue featured designer.  He is the founder, executive director, and producer of DC Fashion Week.  He regularly provides his fashion commentary on social media and news outlets such as Fox 5 WTTG and ABC News...

Saniyyah Bilal is an experienced runway and print model who lives in New York but has roots in Philadelphia.  Saniyyah has modeled in Faatimah Gamble's annual fashion show, Brooklyn Fashion Week, and NYFW.  She has been published in the international magazine Gaya Magazine, featured in Allure, worked with Verona Collection and Natasha Denona  LLC. Saniyyah is a skincare ambassador for Ambi Skin products and a contestant on The Fashion Hero TV show.  Her latest project featured as a model has...

Let's sit down and listen to Co-owner of the Atlanta-based production house, SWH Apparel, Sumiyyah Rasheed.  See how this manufacturing company of almost 30 years has produced high-quality apparel since 1992.  Sumiyyah Rasheed showcased her design talents during NYFW in 2013.  She first made a name for herself as a business consultant as an expert in the IT field.  Sumiyyah's Georgia based firm, Crescent Consulting Group, Inc, has a roster of Fortune 500 clients that span the apparel and...

Dr. Kayla Renee Wheeler is an assistant professor of Critical Ethnic and Black Studies and the Africana Studies Program Director at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Dr. Wheeler shares her research and expertise in contemporary Islam and Muslim fashion.  Dr. Wheeler is currently writing a book entitled, Fashioning Black Islam, which provides a history of Black Muslim fashion in the United States from the 1930s to the present. Listen to this informative conversation and leave with tips...

In this episode, KhalidaTheModel sits down with Haleemah Muhaymin, Level 3 archery coach and fitness instructor, and talk about modest beauty and modest fashion in the fitness and archery field while still being professional. They also discuss Haleemah being a modest fashion influencer and fashion role model growing up. 

Listen to a conversation with my first fashion influencer and fashion trendsetter who did not compromise her modesty or fashion sense when dressing as a Muslim /modest woman.  Listen to how she navigated around trends and her own fashion sense and fashion upbringing to still look beautiful and fashionable.  If you are able to view this episode it will be good because it does show pictures. 

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