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From Grocery Cart to Dining Table: How to Improve your Diet

Zainab Sarwar is a  certified 500-hour Power Yoga Specialist and Nutritionist, and has run highly successful yoga studios in Pakistan. She has now moved to Dubai and is re-establishing her brand – Moksha Studio Power Yoga. She shares some of her nutrition / exercise tips with AltMuslimah. What should people…

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Yoga Specialist Zainab Answers our Questions: Does Yoga actually work?

Zainab Sarwar is a registered certified  power yoga specialist and nutritionist, and has run highly successful yoga studios in Pakistan. She is known for her unique approach in dealing with her clients, because she provides highly personalized support for everything from diet to exercise to help her clients reach their…

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How I got rid of my body

Yesterday, I gave my whole body away. I just put it on display at Whole Foods Market with a notice, “Free. Take care of it. Not needed anymore. Superannuated.” The fat rolls, an inordinate amount of adipose tissue, dry, flaky skin on wrinkly elbows and knees with deep lines on…

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Be fit for Ramadan

O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become righteous. (Surah Al-Baqarah: Verse183) Many of you, like myself, are wondering how to maintain a level of fitness throughout the month of Ramadan, so as not to lose endurance and muscle…

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Review: ‘The Mindy Project’

Hilarious, flirty, and honest, Mindy Kaling’s “The Mindy Project” playfully relays the plight of the single overachieving woman’s quest for love and personal growth. Single Muslim American ladies of South Asian descent are bound to find the show funny and refreshingly close to home.

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