Where it all began
The idea behind Nawarah began with a simple but concerning realisation. As a sister, I noticed that my own sister, despite having attended an Islamic school, did not know how to correctly calculate her menstrual cycles. It immediately brought back memories of my own experience as a student. I remember being taught the rulings of menstruation at the age of seventeen and wondering why something so fundamental to a Muslim woman’s daily life had not been taught to us sooner, particularly when many of us had already been menstruating for years.
What initially seemed like an isolated gap in knowledge became something much greater when I began noticing the same issue among my own students. I started to wonder how many of their mothers were equally unfamiliar with these rulings. It made me reflect on how menstruation education is often overlooked within masjid settings, where greater emphasis is understandably placed on Qur’an recitation and foundational Islamic studies. Yet, despite its direct relevance to a woman’s worship and everyday life, menstruation is rarely given the attention and practical guidance it deserves.
From realisation to creation
I wanted to create something that addressed this need in a practical and meaningful way. Existing resources provided information about menstruation and its Islamic rulings, but I wanted to bring the knowledge and the actual process of tracking together in one place, specifically designed around the needs of Muslim women.
This led to the creation of Nawarah’s menstruation journal: a carefully developed resource that brings together Islamic guidance, menstrual tracking, cycle records and personal reflection. Rather than leaving women to navigate complicated calculations across separate notebooks, calendars and resources, the journal was designed to give them a dedicated place to record, understand and refer back to their cycles.
The vision behind Nawarah
Although the menstruation journal was where Nawarah began, the vision extends beyond a single product. I hope to create resources that make important Islamic knowledge more accessible, encourage women to become confident in what they know and help bridge the gap between learning Islamic rulings and applying them in everyday life.
At its heart, Nawarah is about ensuring that women are not left to navigate important aspects of their faith without the knowledge and practical tools they need. What began with a concern within my own family has grown into a purpose I hope to share with many more women.
Whoever follows a path in pursuit of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.
