QIYĀM
In Arabic, Qiyam (قيام) means “to stand.” Not just to rise to your feet, but to rise in purpose.
Qiyam is built on that moment: when comfort ends and conviction begins. It’s for the ones who rise when others rest, who burn the boats, who choose the uphill path knowing few will follow.
This isn’t about being different, it’s about doing what others won’t.
Because if we wanted what everyone else had, we’d do what everyone else did.
today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men
-Miyamoto Musashi
"To Stand"
"To Stand"
The path before me opened in 2019, after struggling with my first clothing brand in high school. I had no real direction, only the urge to create. Even then, I knew I wanted more than basic designs and sales. I wanted meaning. I wanted my work to say something.
Over time, that hunger evolved into something sharper. I didn’t just want to make clothing, I wanted to build with purpose. I felt a pull toward excellence, toward a life that wasn’t random or reactive. I wanted my work to reflect who I was and who I was becoming.
But meaning requires honesty, and honesty forced me inward.
For years, I mistook movement for growth. I stayed busy, convinced that learning and building would erase the parts of myself I couldn’t sit with. I wore versions of myself I thought others would accept. I gave so much away that I lost sight of who it was all for.
Eventually, survival became betrayal.
You reach a point where you either confront yourself, or you collapse beneath the person you refuse to become.
That confrontation changed everything.
I realized strength isn’t built through punishment. It’s built through alignment. You stop running when you understand there is nowhere else to go. Peace wasn’t missing, I was.
Since then, every project, every iteration, every failure has sharpened me. What started as curiosity became philosophy. What began as clothing became conviction. I want my life and my work to serve the highest meaning I can reach.
QIYĀM (قيام) is the refined result of that journey.
A sharpened blade.
The part of my vision forged by struggle, reflection, and return.
I built Qiyam out of necessity. As proof that becoming requires breaking. Qiyam is standing. Rising when it is easier to rest. Burning the boats, not to show fearlessness, but to leave no room for retreat.
This is not a brand.
It is a reminder that the only real victory is over yourself.
Qiyam is for those who are done negotiating with their potential.
For the ones willing to separate.
Because the cowards never started,
and the weak died along the way.
– ezldean
