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Digital artwork showing a group of Muslim women wading through muddy water on a fundraising challenge

21 July 2019

The sacrifice of beloved things

The stages of loss that teach what words cannot: opening doors to understanding

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Two muddy Muslim women pose for the camera at the end of their challenge

18 August 2024

Turning vision into reality

The sacred work of building thresholds for transformation

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A group of Muslim women wade through muddy water during their Trials & Tribulations challenge.

20 November 2024

Walking with purpose

Why participants wear full Muslim dress

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A group of Muslim women take part in the Trials & Tribulations challenge

22 August 2025

Spiritual refugees

Taking on the Trials & Tribulations challenge

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A group of Muslim women wade through muddy water during their Trials & Tribulations challenge.

17 June 2022

This belongs to women

Do not wrest this challenge from the hands it was made for

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A group of Muslim women make dua during their Trials & Tribulations challenge

26 February 2026

Seeking aid

A dua for blessing and acceptance

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A Muslim woman wades through muddy water during their Trials & Tribulations challenge.

27 December 2022

The niqabi adventurer

When faith meets the furthest edge of challenge

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A Muslim woman wades through deep water

1 May 2019

Where sea meets struggle

Challenge Valley and the South Wales journey

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A Muslim woman speaks to an audience about Trials & Tribulations

22 November 2024

Issuing the invitation

How to call your community to the challenge

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A Muslim woman is given a penalty during her challenge

14 January 2020

The gift of arbitrariness

Holding penalties with wisdom and purpose

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A muslim woman making a pledge to sponsor participants taking part in the Trials & Tribulation challenge.

14 April 2023

Supporting good wherever it grows

Why we’re not invested in supporting one particular charity

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A group of Muslim women listen to a leader inviting them to participate in the Trials & Tribulations challenge

25 December 2020

The art of invitation

Speaking to the hesitant heart

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A Muslim woman wades through muddy water during their Trials & Tribulations challenge.

22 June 2022

A challenge unlike any other

Reflections on embracing the Trials & Tribulations challenge

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A Muslim woman crawls under cargo netting during their Trials & Tribulations challenge.

26 June 2019

Refining gold

Guiding hearts through the fire that purifies

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An illustration of a frozen assault course obstacle in the middle of winter

11 February 2024

The wisdom of seasons

Choosing the right season for transformation

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A group of muddy Muslim women take stock ahead of their next obstacle during their challenge

22 November 2022

Stepping into their shoes

Lessons from the Trials & Tribulations challenge

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Two Muslim women crawl under cargo netting during their Trials & Tribulations challenge.

11 September 2024

A transformative experience

What your participants discover through mud and struggle

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A group of muddy Muslim women take stock ahead of their next obstacle during their challenge

25 December 2021

Embracing the mess

The spiritual, physical, and psychological gifts of returning to earth

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10 November 2023

Spiritual reflections from taking part

What the experience teaches us about perseverance, self-discipline, and trust in Allah

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A group of Muslim women wade through muddy water during their Trials & Tribulations challenge.

1 April 2022

The weight of everyday cloth

When practicality becomes profound

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Artwork showing apprehension before the challenge and exhilaration afterwards

19 November 2022

From reluctance to exhilaration

Discovering strength you never knew you carried

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A group of Muslim charity volunteers help each other climb up a muddy bank from a deep marsh during a fundraising challenge.

22 November 2023

Called to serve

The journey of service through challenge and solidarity

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Two Muslim women do press-ups during an exercise session in their local park

13 April 2018

Leave the gym behind

Find fitness and freedom in the great outdoors

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A Muslim woman stands are saturated grass in the park just after rain

1 November 2019

Seeking rain

Why walking in the rain is perfect training for challenge leaders

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