Ma'wa Collective Newsletter #3

Assalamu Alaikum,

Our team is preparing for something big…we have 3 trips happening simultaneously this upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend 🤯 Our community is growing with 45 new participants from this weekend alone and we are THRILLED we’ve been able to scale and provide more experiences for our members to join 🫶 Make sure to follow and share our account on Instagram to keep up with these adventures in real time 📸 We also hope you all have been taking care and preparing for Ramadan (it’s less than a month away iA!) please keep us in your duas and we’ll be sharing a few exciting announcements with future trips and opportunities to join our team in March inshaAllah 🌿 

Ma’wa Spotlights

• We are listed on Muslim Hub (a platform powered by LaunchGood that highlights Muslim products and companies). Please give Ma’wa Collective on Muslim Hub a “Like” and comment to show your support 🙌 

• Listen to the backstory and vision of how Ma’wa came to existence through this recent podcast episode on Coffee Chats w/ Aisha that features Nadah Feteih (Founder of Ma’wa Collective). Like, comment, and share with anyone that would be interested to the journey and direction this community has taken over the past year 💚 

Trip Recap

We just came back from our first winter cabin trip in the Adirondack Mountains in New York! We had 18 girls join from Boston, Connecticut, NYC, New Jersey, and Philly. Check out some more pictures and memories through our pictures and recent Reels:)

Member Reflections

Amina K. shares her experiences from the recent Santa Barbara glamping trip:

“There is nothing like summitting a peak. It doesn’t matter how many feet – the thrill of climbing those final few steps to reveal the view you’ve been chasing is completely unmatched. To revel in God’s beautiful creation that is this earth is the ultimate prize. To share that experience with other people is even more of a blessing. 

I went into this trip not knowing anyone – a stranger surrounded by strangers in a brand-new place on an unfamiliar coast. It was the opportunity I had been searching for to stretch the boundaries of my comfort zone once again. Unbeknownst to me was how I would feel when I emerged from this blissful long weekend, comfort zone sufficiently widened. My heart grew when I met the 23 other girls in the same boat as me, eager to discover something new in the shady woods of Santa Barbara. It grew when we emerged atop Inspiration Pointe, brows sweaty but eyes and smiles bright. It grew when the 11 brave souls peered over the California coast from the highest wind cave in Gaviota. And when we ended the trip over that last campfire, melted marshmallows and chocolate decorating the ground, my heart felt like it was going to burst.

Ma’wa brings together Muslim women who all have one thing in common: the goal—and the need—to see and experience what the world has to offer. Behind fearless leaders there has emerged a collective that challenges our world views and what we’re capable of. The reward is coming together with a group of strangers and leaving with an unspoken bond between sisters. This trip and its meaning refreshed my gaze upon nature, dimming the world’s noise for a moment of respite in God’s name. We were reminded of His miracles and His mercy in those moments in the mountains. I have looked for those same moments every day since.”