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Manal Aman of Hello Holy Days

My name is Manal and I’m the face behind Hello Holy Days! I love making crafts and I host a lot of parties. I used to watch way too much HGTV for a 10-year-old kid and as a 15 year old, while my peers were busy subscribing to teen magazines, I was subscribing to home decor magazines (and implementing all the party and entertaining tips I found inside them.) When I was in my last year of high school and trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, I knew I had to follow my passion.

So I started building my career working at lifestyle magazines while attending the University of Toronto for a degree in Architectural History, focusing on Islamic Art and Architecture. I first worked at Canada’s largest women’s magazine, Chatelaine, in the Home Department. I helped out with photo shoots of homes, made DIY crafts for holiday stories and helped prop sets for TV segments. After my time at Chatelaine, I worked at another one of my favourite magazines, Canadian House & Home, where I worked on the digital side of things and prepared content for their website.

I started crafting for Muslim holidays because – well, I celebrate them. Editors liked my ideas and I’m thrilled to say that now we’re beginning to get some representation in mainstream media for them. Currently, I’m a freelance craft stylist for magazines. After I was introduced to the team at marthastewart.com with my Ramadan and Eid crafts last year, this past Easter I joined Martha Stewart Living’s team as a digital contributor.

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