CCUB 4621

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Biodata 

Name: Alia binti Shahbani

Place of Birth: Malacca

Date of Birth: 5th of January, 1998

Secondary School: Ma'ahad Annuriah Addiniah, Sungai Udang, Melaka (SPM Batch 2015)

Bachelor of Degree in Human Sciences, majoring in Psychology, IIUM

Passions: Writing, Photography and Aviation. 

Social Media Account -

Instagram: @aliashahbanii

Twitter: @fo_aliashahbani

Facebook: Alia Shahbani

Contribution (Project)

1. Organizing Committees for Kids #QuranHour, Quranic Week 5.0 (2020)

    This semester, I have joined as part of organizing committees for Kids #QuranHour of Quranic Week 5.0 as Assistant Programme Manager. It was a competition-based programme which involved kids and teenagers up to 18 years old. I have learnt a lot throughout the programme including how to communicate with the participants and their parents which involved a lot of soft skills. It was also very challenging as it was the first mega programme conducted 100% online. It required 1000 times of patience and the other 1000% of commitment. But it was paid when we received a lot of good feedback and fruitful content from the participants. It was a success tho it has lots of areas that could be improved.

2. Organizing Committees for Quranic Project for 2 tenures in Jami'iyyatu Khadamtil Quran (JKQ), Club, IIUM

    In the last 2 years, I have committed as one of the line-ups under JKQ CLUB for Quranic Project. I have gone to 4 different places where 2 of them were education centre (Rohingya Education Centre & Akademi Fateh Hakem) and 2 community centres (Darul Ilmi Batu 11 & PPR Kg Ayer Panas). We had organized a series of Quranic classes for the children, Quranic Festival and community services. It has opened my eyes to varies of situations and chances to learn more about the kids lived there. As much as they could learn from the adults, we could learn more from them. It was an eye-opener as well as golden experiences I might not get the same in the future. 

3. Organizing Committees for Intellectual Day IIUM Fiesta 2018

    In 2018, in conjunction with IIUM Fiesta, I have joined one of the main events which is known as Intellectual Days. It was a 3 days straight talk-based programme, which included a series of panels and topics to be discussed, including mental health issue and women empowerment. As a psychology student, discussing mental health issue is something significant to raise awareness among society especially university students and the public lived around that specific area.

4. Organizing Committees for It's Okay To Not Be Okay (Talk-based psychology programme

    Even though I have involved in quite numbers of talk-based programmes on the mental health issue, It's Okay to not be Okay was one of the most impactful for me. Aside from the panellist was one of my favourite lecturers, there were numbers of students who I admired so much as they were very motivated to share about their unpleasant past experiences which now shaped their present, but still, they made it their best out of it. I couldn't really describe my feelings - it was a mixture of everything - admire, proud, thankful that they made it and grateful for what I've been through in my life. As I was one of the organizing committees as well, I have personally received lots of good feedback on the programme and demands for more programme like that in the future.  

Inspiring Story that Motivates Me

There was a story I recently encountered in a movie clip from "The Pursuit of Happyness". 

It was basically a short story told by the son figure of the hero. 

It was about a man, who is drowning in the water. A boat came by and said, "Do you need any help?"

The man said, "No, thank you, God will save me"

Not long after that, another boat came by and said, "Do you need any help?"

The man said the same thing which is, "No, Thank you. God will save me"

Then he drowned and has a chance to ask God something.

He asked, "God, why didn't you save me?"

And God said, "I sent you two big boats for you."

    It was a short story but has touched me deeply. From this story, I can reflect that sometimes I prayed and prayed hard, but I have always taken everything around me for granted without even acknowledged it sometimes. For example, at times when I feel stressed out as I got so many things to handle, I felt overwhelmed and started to question everything. At that moment, I don't even realize that there are so many things to be thankful for whereas Allah has answered some of my prayers through other things that I've learnt later in my life. Sometimes I regret that I couldn't see it earlier, but it motivated me to be more grateful in my life. 

FAVOURITE QUOTES

"Bila cukup lapar, semua jalan jadi nekad" 
- KmyKmo & Luca Sickta, Nekad

It is actually a line of lyric in a song named Nekad (Determination). I personally interpret it as when there is full determination in ourselves, even the impossible could turn into a possible one. In most of the times, when there are too many obstacles, and I feel I couldn't do it, I always reflect that maybe I am not determined enough, thus I need to work harder on it. In most cases, in the end, I could eventually do it.  

"Sejauh mana kita berlari,
Keikhlasan hati selalu kan temui jalan untuk kembali" 
- The Prism, Di Redup Takdir.

This is also a song I treasure a lot. There were times when I felt devastated over separation - be it with friends or family - this quote/lyric reminds me of there will always be a way which Allah created the best for all of us. Hence, I often feel more grateful, strengthen my faith and patience in facing the test. 

My Favourite Quranic verse.

    When I was in form 4, there was a time I was very devastated. I couldn't bear my emotion, I burst out alone in my room. I grabbed my Mashaf of Holy Quran while laying down and said, "O Allah, I know I am not good enough to ask for this, but please give me something to help me go through this"  and I opened the 'Mashaf' slowly. The first ayat I saw was... 

"So a voice reassured her from below her, “Do not grieve! Your Lord has provided a stream at your feet" (Surah Maryam: 24). 

The word 'Do not grieve' instantly 'hug' me dearly and I cried in gratefulness. Since then, this verse has always reminded me that do not be sad when you are tested, as it means you mean something important to Allah and Allah wants you to remind of Him.