The Muslim Lifestyle Expo

The Muslim Lifestyle Expo 2016 offers you a variety of themes to enjoy. From live cooking and celebrity chefs, keeping the kids happy with plenty of activities whilst you listen to inspirational business leaders in our seminar sessions. It’s all there for a fun-packed and informative day at the leading Muslim lifestyle show. Budding entrepreneurs can look forward to building their network, and fashionistas can check out the 2017 catwalk trends. What’s not to like!

Let the Muslim Lifestyle Expo make your day.

Look Who's Appearing at MLE 2016!

We’ve got two days packed full of entertainment! Writer, director and star of hit YouTube series CornerShop Show is your host for MLE Live! Top British Muslim comedians Aatif Nawaz and Guz ‘Guzzy Bear’ Khan will be providing the laughs. Facebook sensation ‘Curry on Halima’ Halima Saleem and Great British Bake Off runner up Ali Imdad will be hosting cooking and baking demonstrations at the MLE Live! Cookery Theatre. We have top nasheed artist Khaled Siddiq providing beautiful, soulful and spiritually uplifting songs and to round it off top Muslim Modest Fashion designers will be showcasing their latest designs on the MLE Live! Catwalk.

We’ve got it all! See the full schedule below.

MLE Live! Host

Saturday & Sunday

Islah Abdur-Rahman

Islah Abdur-Rahman
‘Mistah Islah’

Comedian

Saturday

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Aatif Nawaz

Cook

Saturday

Halima Saleem

Halima Saleem
‘Curry on Halima’

Nasheed Artist

Saturday & Sunday

Khaled SIddiq

Khaled Siddiq

Comedian

Sunday

Guz Khan

Guz Khan
‘Guzzy Bear’

Baker

Sunday

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Ali Imdad
BBC Great British Bake Off

MLE Connect Seminar Speakers

Saturday

Elena Nikolova
Blogger
MuslimTravelGirl.com

Saturday

Jenny Norton-Wright
Curator
Manchester Art Gallery

Saturday

Abdul Alim
Tech Geek & Entrepreneur

Saturday

Sabiha Ansari
Co-Founder & Vice-President
American Muslim Consumer Consortium

Saturday

Waqar Azami OBE
Remembering Srebrenica

Sunday

Abdulhamid Evans
Halal Focus

Sunday

Barnado’s

Sunday

Shahbaz Mirza
UK Brand Ambassador LaunchGood

Sunday

Navid Akhtar
CEO, Alchemiya.com

Sunday

Moe Nawaz
Mentor to FTSE100 Leaders

Sunday

Abdul Alim
Tech Geek & Entrepreneur

MLE Connect Seminars: Panel Discussion (Saturday 29th only)

Empowering Muslim businesswomen and the rise of the ‘Mumpreneur’

Over the years Muslim women have shown a keen entrepreneurial spirit whether by giving up successful careers to start business or stay-at-home mums looking after their families. There are many such women still toying with the idea of starting their own businesses with an entrepreneurial spirit waiting to emerge. In recent times we have have seen some very successful Muslim businesswomen come to the fore and establish businesses that have gone on to become national and global brands providing products and services right across the business spectrum. Fashion, cosmetics, travel, publishing, finance, art and handicraft, technology, food are just some of the areas in which Muslim women have excelled. MLE Connect Seminars gathers together a diverse panel of Muslim businesswomen to discuss their experiences and give you insight, information and inspiration to help you start that business that you’ve always been dreaming of!

Saba Zaman
Panel Moderator
Asassistant Producer at CTVC Ltd

Sabiha Ansari
Co-Founder and VP, American MuslimConsumer Consortium, Inc.

Karima Bihaki
Founder Islamic Market Consultancy & BookHalalHomes.com

Zukreat Nazar
Leading celebrity makeup artist
Founder & CEO of ‘Artist of Makeup’ Cosmetics

Zanib Mian
Founder & Director of Sweet Apple Publishers

Nazia Nasreen
Founder and CEO of Ibraheem Toy House

MLE 2016 SCHEDULES

MLE Schedule Saturday 29th

Time Acitivty Location

12.00pm- 12.15pm

Welcome and Introduction by Islah Abdur-Rahman

MLE Live! Stage

12.15pm- 1.00pm

MLE Live! Fashion Show session 1

MLE Live! Stage

2.00pm - 2.45pm

MLE Live! Sesssion 1

Introduction by MLE Host Islah Abdur Rahman
Comedy - Aatif Nawaz
Nasheed - Khaled Siddiq

MLE Live! Stage

2.45pm - 3:30pm

MLE Live! Fashion Show Session 2

MLE Live! Stage

4.45pm - 5.30pm

MLE Live! Session 2
Introduction by MLE Host Islah Abdur Rahman
Comedy - Aatif Nawaz
Nasheed - Khaled Siddiq

MLE Live! Stage

5.30pm - 6:15pm

MLE Live! Fashion Show Session 3

MLE Live! Stage

Time Acitivty Location

11.30am - 12.30pm

AHDB Live Butchery and Cooking Demo 1

Live Cookery Theatre

1.30pm - 2.30pm

AHDB Live Butchery and Cooking Demo 2

Live Cookery Theatre

3.00pm - 4.00pm

Halim Saleem

Shows off her cooking skills that have made her a social media sensation!

Live Cookery Theatre

4.30pm - 5.30pm

AHDB Live Butchery and Cooking Demo 3

Live Cookery Theatre

Time Title / Speaker Location
12.30pm - 1.15pm Seminar 1

DIY Umrah- Travel advice for Muslims that doesn’t break the bank

Speaker: Elena Nikolova
Founder of Muslim Travel Girl

Seminar Air Tent
1.30pm - 2.15pm Seminar 2

How to Make Millions With Your Ideas

Speaker: Abdul Alim

Tech Geek and Entrepreneur

Seminar Air Tent
2.30pm - 3.15pm Seminar 3

Power, Protection and Pen-boxes: How Islamic Art changed the world

Speaker: Jenny Norton-Wright
Manchester Art Gallery and Museum

Seminar Air Tent
3.30pm - 4.45pm Seminar 4

Empowering Muslim Businesswomen and the Rise of the ‘Mumpreneur’

A Panel Discussion with successful Muslim businesswomen

Seminar Air Tent
5.00pm - 5.45pm Seminar 5

Tackling Islamophobia

Speaker: Dr Waqar Azmi OBE

Seminar Air Tent
6:00pm - 6.45pm Seminar 6
Sabiha Ansari - TBC
Seminar Air Tent

MLE Schedule Sunday 30th

Time Acitivty Location

12.00pm - 12.15pm

Welcome and Introduction by MLE Host Islah Abdur-Rahman

MLE Live! Stage

12.15pm - 1.00pm

MLE Live! Fashion Show session 1

MLE Live! Stage

1.45pm - 2.30pm

MLE Live! Session 1

Introduction by MLE Host Islah Abdur Rahman
Comedy - Guzzy Bear
Nasheed - Khaled Siddiq

MLE Live! Stage

2.30pm - 3.15pm

MLE Live! Fashion Show Session 2

MLE Live! Stage

4.00pm - 4.45pm

MLE Live! Session 2

Introduction by MLE Host Islah Abdur Rahman
Comedy - Guzzy Bear
Nasheed - Khaled Siddiq

MLE Live! Stage

4.45pm - 5:30pm

MLE Live! Fashion Show Session 3

MLE Live! Stage

Time Acitivty Location

11.00am - 12.00pm

AHDB Live Butchery and Cooking Demo 1

Live Cookery Theatre

1.00pm - 2.00pm

AHDB Live Butchery and Cooking Demo 2

Live Cookery Theatre

2.30pm - 3.30pm

Ali Imdad
runner-up on the BBC's Great British Bake Off,
gives MLE visitors an exclusive baking demo!

Live Cookery Theatre

4.00pm - 5.00pm

AHDB Live Butchery and Cooking Demo 3

Live Cookery Theatre

Time Acitivty Location

11.30am - 12.15pm

Seminar 1

Halal & Tayyib: the next wave

Speaker: Abdalhamid Evans

Seminar Air Tent

12.30pm - 1.15pm

Seminar 2

Islamic Wills, Your legacy that saves lives

Speaker: TBC, Barnardos

Seminar Air Tent

1.30pm - 2.15pm

Seminar 3

How To Crowdfund Your Next Idea Like A Boss

A simple, effective and powerful way to get funding for your next idea, product, start-up, social enterprise or charity campaign.
Speaker: Shahbaz Mirza, UK Brand Ambassador LaunchGood

Seminar Air Tent

2.30pm - 3.15pm

Seminar 4

Introducing the world of the Global Urban Muslim (Gummies)

Speaker: Navid Akhtar

CEO of Alchemiya.com

Seminar Air Tent

3.30pm - 5.00pm

Seminar 5

Mindset for Success

Speaker: Moe Nawaz
Strategic Advisor & Mentor to FTSE 100 Leaders

Seminar Air Tent

5:00pm - 5.45pm

Seminar 6

How to Make Millions With Your Ideas

Speaker: Abdul Alim

Tech Geek and Entrepreneur

Seminar Air Tent

MLE Zones

At the Musllim Lifestyle Expo, we’ve brought together another jam-packed range of activities and entertainment that will keep your day full to the max. Sit in and listen to top speakers in our Seminars line up. Make time to see the best in global modest fashion on our catwalk. Enjoy the best of halal food in our restaurant with sumptuous and delicious food from our official catering partner MyLahore. Take part in the cricket challenge with Lancashire Country Cricket Club. See Curry on Halima Saleem rustle up a delightful meal in our LIVE cookery theatre. Let the kids run wild in our dedicated kids zone. Then sit back and see the finest nasheed artists and top comedians on our MLE LIVE stage. There is something for everyone. Just make sure you get there early!

Food Quarter

MLE brings you the tastiest of halal food! Our official caterer, MyLahore will be providing you with a special menu of delicious food whilst you shop and enjoy the activities and entertainment at MLE2016! Don’t forget their dessert parlour and mocktails bar that will be sure to keep you fuelled up. You’ll need it!

Kidz Zone

Got kids? Don’t worry, MLE has plenty for them to do whilst they are at the event! We have go karts, slides, bouncy castles, face painting, toy stall, popcorn, candy floss and much more.

Go Karts, Slide, Bouncy Castles, Face Painting, Striker Bell, Toy Stall, Popcorn, Slushies, Candy Floss - lots there to keep the littl’uns occupied!

The only noise your kids will make are ones of happiness whilst they are having MLE fun!

Health Zone

MLE in association of the Muslim Doctors Association want you to be in tip-top condition and are offering free health consultation, education and lifestyle advice. In the UK the highest recorded rates of heart attacks are in people born in the India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Men and women from these countries are, on average, one and a half times more likely to die from a heart attack than other people in Britain. (British Heart Foundation Factfile)

The Muslim Doctors Association aim to create awareness of these issues in a faith and culturally sensitive manner and to encourage individuals to make positive lifestyle choices.

Fashion Show

Modest fashion has been causing a bit of a stir in the international media. MLE, once again, brings you the latest in modest fashion from some of the world’s leading modest fashion houses. We have a live catwalk exhibiting the latest designs!

Once again, MLE will bring you the best in modest fashion with the biggest starts from stand up comedy. Designers and labels from across the world will once again attend The Muslim Lifestyle Expo to show you the latest trends and styles. Elegance, modernity and classic modest fashion will grace our catwalk from designers here in the UK, to the Middle East to Singapore. Witness a fashion show extravaganza full of colour, opulence, dignity and luxury fabrics. All in the hands of our Creative Director Zaf Shabbir.

You should grab your tickets. Like now!

Islamic Art Gallery

Our Islamic arts gallery will be curated by Islamic Imprints. They will showcase the best of contemporary art from artists across Europe. We will have a collection that will inspire and excite you in perfect surroundings right in the heart of our Expo.

We are also proud to be working with Manchester Art Galleries and Halima Cassell who will be providing you with a drop-in workshop to make stunning geometric ceramics using clay. Come along and take part at the sessions over the weekend. (tbc)

Live Cookery Theatre

The Muslim Lifestyle Expo and our partner AHDB present a series of cooking and butchery demonstrations over the weekend. Halima Saleem from ‘Curry on Halima’ and baker Ali Imdad as seen on the BBC’s Great British Bake Off will cook live in front of you at our custom built cookery theatre.

The MLE Connect Seminars

Always dreaming about starting your own business? We have some of the leading business and thought leaders from the Muslim community delivering seminars, hints and tips about business and lifestyle at the MLE Seminars innovative “Air Tent”!

MLE 2016 will be hosting free to attend seminars for visitors over the two days. Our seminar line up features experts from the lifestyle sectors and across the business community who will share relevant, valuable and bite-sized knowledge.

Our Seminars will be housed inside a stunning Air Dome construction which will be sure to capture everyone’s attention.

Note: FREE ENTRY for all MLE ticket holders to all Seminars. Spaces allocated on a first come first served basis.

"I haven't seen anything quite like this before ...
all of it is a total buzz!"

Mamoon Yusuf, Quran Coach.

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