Retired photographer finds renewed passion, purpose in new hobbies


Leathercrafting, he says, is definitely the more challenging of his new hobbies. — Photos: YAHYA ZAIN

An unassuming, simplistic seven-bead rosary was all it took to spark Yahya Zain’s creativity.

“A friend gifted me a tawaf tasbih to use during my umrah in 2017. When I got home, I had this idea of making a simple, no-brainer tasbih and giving it to friends and family who were going to Mecca,” says the father of three from Subang, Selangor.

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