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Remona Aly

Remona Aly is a journalist and broadcaster with a focus on faith and lifestyle. She is also director of communications for Exploring Islam Foundation.

August 2024

  • Anti-racism protesters in Walthamstow, 7 August,

    A week of riots across the UK filled me with fear, but Wednesday’s show of solidarity has given me hope

    Remona Aly
    The racists have done one constructive thing: rallied support for the thriving communities they sought to destroy, says journalist and broadcaster Remona Aly

March 2024

  • Diaba Konaté

    Diaba Konaté loves France. But a hijab ruling stops her playing there

    The point guard is a talented prospect. But the French Federation of Basketball’s ban on religious headwear means she cannot play in her hometown of Paris

October 2023

  • Activists from the Israeli Women Wage Peace and the Palestinian Women of the Sun movements gather in Jerusalem on 4 October 2023, just before the current crisis erupted.

    Violence rages in Gaza, but a meeting of Jewish and Muslim women has given me hope

    Remona Aly
    We met in a space within Westminster Abbey, and agreed that both religious communities must fight for safety and empathy, says journalist and broadcaster Remona Aly

February 2023

  • Illustration showing a man giving a woman a flower

    My most romantic moment
    My most romantic moment: a kind man bought me flowers – with no expectation of winning me over

  • Britain's King Charles visits of the newly-renovated museum Leighton House, in west London<br>Britain's King Charles III reacts as he visits the newly-renovated museum Leighton House, in west London, Britain on February 9, 2023. JUSTIN TALLIS/Pool via REUTERS

    The official ‘party toolkit’ for Charles’s coronation is lame - but don’t worry, I have another

    Remona Aly

September 2022

  • Two friends

    Why I quit
    I broke up with my best friend after her son confessed he loved me – but was I right to?

    Remona Aly
    I knew I had to save the one relationship that mattered the most: the one between mother and son, says journalist Remona Aly

August 2021

  • Remona Aly in the desert

    Hot summer nights
    Hot summer nights: ‘In the insomnia of the Sahara, I faced my demons’

    In over my head at work, I headed to Morocco in search of respite. Awake in the wee small hours, I realised I could draw strength from my anxieties

July 2021

  • Remona Aly … ‘To this day, I still can’t believe he liked me.’

    My summer of love
    My summer of love: ‘As a practising Muslim, my soulmate checklist didn’t include lapsed-Catholics covered in tattoos’

    There was certainly chemistry between us on our first meeting. But when we met for our first date, he had a big surprise …

September 2020

  • Surer (left) and Saredo Mohamed: ‘Many of us who have grown up in the aftermath of war have made whole lives out of fixing this.’

    'It’s like opening up a wound to let it heal': the sisters giving war refugees a voice

    Surer and Saredo Mohamed’s podcast, On Things We Left Behind, talks to some of those who have experienced conflict, and allows them to tell their own stories

July 2020

  • Waleed Once Upon A Time in Iraq

    'No one is pure evil': the documentary bringing a human face to the Iraq war

    Once Upon a Time in Iraq offers an in-depth look at lives devastated by conflict, as director James Bluemel and Waleed Nesyif – who was 18 when the US invaded – tell Remona Aly

March 2020

  • Remona Aly

    Hope and heart-sinks: what it is really like to date online as a woman in your 40s

    After my first date in a year ended in disaster, I spoke to other fortysomething women – and a psychologist – to learn what they could teach me about running the gauntlet of romance

August 2019

  • Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba in Mecca

    With hajj under threat, it's time Muslims joined the climate movement

    Remona Aly
    Scientists say global heating could endanger pilgrims as soon as next summer. This must be our call to action, says journalist Remona Aly

May 2019

  • Various vegan dishes Ramadan Food

    You are what you Eid: Ramadan for vegans

    Muslims are coming to the end of a month of fasting, which in Britain often means evening meals featuring heaps of meat. But there is a plant-based option

April 2019

  • Remona Aly

    The one change that worked
    How I found the strength to call off my engagement and embrace a single life

    Ending the relationship took great courage, but I have never doubted my decision. Fifteen years on, I’m ready to part with the ring

November 2018

  • Victor Oshin as Othello in Richard Twyman’s production.

    Shakespeare can help British Muslims feel less excluded

    Remona Aly
    A new interpretation of Othello opens up portrayals of Islam that are absent from TV shows like Bodyguard, says journalist Remona Aly

July 2018

  • Sarah Phillips aged three

    Sunflowers and Santa Claus: Guardian writers and readers on how their first memory changed them

    Our earliest memory can shape our lives, but new research suggests that many are false. Here, writers and readers reflect on their earliest recollections

February 2018

  • Men praying at the East London Mosque

    UK mosques must make space for women – not turn us away

    Remona Aly
    Mosques are opening their doors to the public, but too many still keep them closed to practising women, says journalist and commentator Remona Aly

June 2017

  • vigil Finsbury Park attack.

    There is an antidote to hate crime. Here's what we all must do

    Remona Aly
    Anti-Muslim offences have surged. Government, media and everyday people must do their bit to break the cycle of violence and mistrust

May 2017

  • Ian, a blood donor in Manchester on Tuesday

    Manchester is wearing its wound with pride: it’s where the light gets in

    Remona Aly
    With countless acts of solidarity, kindness and empathy across racial and religious lines, the city is showing that hate can never defeat compassion

March 2017

  • Abdul and baby Muhammed Abdullah

    TV review
    Extremely British Muslims review – ‘The only extreme thing round here is the size of the rats’

    In the final episode of the series, we are confronted with lots of rules, starting with how to enter a toilet. But this was an intimate look at life as a Muslim that will have resonated with all families
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