The 2016 Muslim Lifestyle Expo just happened on the weekend from Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th October. The two-day event took place at EventCity in Manchester, England and featured over 100 exhibitors from a number of departments including fashion, food & drink, travel, media, Islamic finance, and health & beauty.
The exhibition was separated into a number of zones, the main areas being Fashion Show; catwalk exhibiting the latest designs in modest clothing, Islamic Arts Gallery; a showcase of the best of contemporary art from artists across Europe, Health Zone; area providing free health consultation, education and lifestyle advice, Food Quarter; food from popular eatery MyLahore, Live Cookery Theatre; demonstrating a variety of recipes as well as butchery.
Amazing ideas on display at #MuslimLifestyleExpo @EventCityUK. All worth visiting. Look forward to next year! @LaurenBoothUK @MLExpo pic.twitter.com/a7BbNyZuRn
— Siema Iqbal (@siemaiqbal) October 30, 2016
the expo held seminars throughout the weekend holding discussions on various subjects. The seminars were conducted by a number of Muslim personalities such as Blogger Elena Nikolova from MuslimTravelGirl.com, Tech Geek & Entrepreneur Abdul Alim and Mentor to FTSE100 Leaders Moe Nawaz.
Inspirational Seminars at the Muslim Lifestyle Expo covering Travel, Business, Economy, Art, Culture & Islamophobia.@MLExpo #mle2016 pic.twitter.com/W6qTy5pZHg
— Haroon (@HaroonSalaam) October 30, 2016
The expo highlighted the growing number of Muslim 'Mumpreneurs'. the term mumpreneur is used to describe women who were formally stay-at-home mums or women who gave up successful careers to start a business. Mumpreneurs who made an appearance at the event was Saba Zaman; Panel Moderator Radio Producer & Broadcast Journalist, Zukreat Nazar; Leading celebrity makeup artist, Founder & CEO of ‘Artist of Makeup’ Cosmetics and Nazia Nasreen Founder and CEO of Ibraheem Toy House.
The Muslim Lifestyle Expo was a great assortment of successful of Muslim companies as well as an appreciable platform for growing halal businesses, looking forward to next year.