منارة
Teaching Islam through listening, reading and watching.
Minaret is a studio. We make nasheeds, illustrated stories and animated films for Muslim families. three apps, one standard of review, and the short work we publish on the channels below.
منارة
MINARET STUDIO
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Listen
Live
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Reads
Next
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Watch
Later
3
apps: one live, two in production
214k
followers as @minaret.studio
10
nasheeds published
100%
series with a named reviewer
OUR MISSION
A child should meet the deen willingly, the way they meet a story.
We make things a child picks up on their own: a nasheed they hum in the car, a story they finish under a blanket, a film they ask to watch again. Children can tell what was made to be enjoyed from what was made to be sat through, so the teaching has to survive being optional.
LISTEN Nasheeds in series, with lyrics a family can sing together.
READ Illustrated stories that hold a child at bedtime.
WATCH Animated films the whole room watches at once.
CHANNELS
@minaret.studio
Short films and nasheed clips, published weekly. The same review process as the apps.
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TikTok
@minaret.studio
96.4k
followers
▶
YouTube
@minaret.studio
71.2k
subscribers
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Instagram
@minaret.studio
46.8k
followers
ي TIKTOK 0:48
Yūnus in the darkness
1.2M views
ص YOUTUBE 6:10
The Cave of Thawr, animated
318k views
ر YOUTUBE 4:32
Ninety-nine names, sung
204k views
ق INSTAGRAM 0:31
Drawing Reads: the whale
88k views
HOW WE MAKE IT
Nothing is published without a named reviewer.
The compositions, voices and illustrations are AI-produced. The words, the sources and the judgement are not. Every series carries its references and the scholar who signed it off.
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Written
A script is drafted from a named source (a verse, a hadith, or a classical account), then checked line by line.
Writers
2
Reviewed
A named scholar reads the script and sets the age band. Nothing moves forward without this.
Scholar review
3
Produced
Voice and light percussion for Listen, illustration for Reads, animation for Watch. No instruments; no depiction of prophets.
Studio
4
Checked again
The finished piece is compared against the approved script before release.
Editors
5
Published with sources
References and reviewer are published alongside the series, in the app and on the channels.
Every release
THE STUDIO
Small team, named work
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Aisha Rahman
Editorial lead
Runs the script pipeline and the review calendar.
SB
Sh. Bilāl Mahmood
Scholar reviewer
Signs off narrative series and their age bands.
DN
Dr. Nadia Karim
Scholar reviewer
Reviews duʿā, praise and children’s material.
YS
Yūsuf Salim
Studio and design
Sound, illustration direction and the apps.
STUDIO NOTES
One email when something ships. Reads is next.