The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arewal Models, Ms. Shamsu-Deen Mariam, is one of the young rising Muslim models to watch in the next three years.
Ms Mariam with Facebook name-Princess Sayyadat is planning to take the growing Islamic modeling industry by storm after her National Service in the Easter Eastern of Ghana.
The 24-year-old pretty model who is Hausa by tribe had her second Cycle education in Ghana. After her successfully completion, she gained admission into the prestigious Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to read Chemistry.
Ms Mariam holds Bachelor of Science ( Bsc) Chemistry from KNUST and Islamic model. Ms Mariam is a proud Ghanaian.
Narrating her story to African Eye Report, she explained that the other motivating factors that led her to venture in modeling is to raise the banner of Islam very high in Ghana and Africa at large.
“I aspire to be an international model for Islam. That’s being classy and decent in my Islamic outfit to inspire and motivate the young Muslim women to do same, In Sha Allah”.
Ms Mariam also used the opportunity to explain her motivation for never going off her Hijab, a veil usually worn by Muslim females.
“I understand as Muslim woman, every part of your body should be well covered in Hijab and I can still look classy in it…”
She advised Muslim girls and women to always cover themselves with the Hijab. “Cover yourselves as Islam says. Looking classy and beautiful cannot be an excuse for not wearing Hijab. You can still look smart and cute even in Hijab”.
Hijab does not mean wearing skinny trousers or dresses with mini scarf, Ms Mariam added.
“The Muslimah shouldn’t dress to please anyone but Allah…. She should be proud of herself no matter what n prove to de world that she’s de true definition of modesty”, Ms Mariam stated.
Says Shamsu-Deen Mariam.”
Her personal Hijab experience
“Some few years back,I applied for diploma in Registered General nursing at a popular nursing training institution in Kumasi. I was called for an interview and Alhamdulillah, I was the only Muslimah in hijab amongst the the batch of interviewee at that particular moment and I was asked to take off my Hijab which I never did and was disqualified.. AlhamdulillAh!!!
Few months later, I got admitted to KNUST where I had my Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 2016 and currently doing my national service.
As a believer, you must be confident to stand for what is right within the provisions and saying of your religion,it may look bad in the interim, but Allah has a plan somewhere for you.”
African Eye Report
