sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
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‘It is commendable that you are organising this, but… women will not show up.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘Well, it is so far. And what do women have to do with hearing new ideas?’ I have been working on TEDxShekhawati, Rajasthan’s first TEDx…
‘You were pretty cool the last time we met. What’s happened to you now? Why are you wearing your feminism on your sleeve, like a label? Has the West caught up with you?’ I am a feminist. I always was…
I can’t laugh at jokes the way I used to. I also cannot shop the way I used to. I was at a beauty products store during my trip in India. I was picking out a skin moisturizer and the…
Crossing into my 30s has been an awakening. The intersection of my 30s with marriage feels like an eruption of the self. The past, its conditioning, the engraved thoughts and words, the loss, the confusion, all of it in its…
When I had to recently fly to a little Dutch village via Dusseldorf from London, it reminded me of my trip to a village on the outskirts of Munich last year. Feeling peckish after a walk, my friend and I…
sister-hood is a digital magazine and a series of live events. We create platforms for women of Muslim heritage to speak for themselves, rather than being spoken for or spoken about. sister-hood challenges stereotypes and promotes the fearless, progressive, creative voices of women of Muslim heritage.
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