sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
Do they know I had to rock myself to sleep? Like an infant still growing, still seeking lost love, still cradling herself like a fragile mirror, hoping to glue myself together – alone – even if my skin was sheding….
Now I just spend my time in prayer and praise God through my ragas. – Roshan Ara Begum Roshan Ara was known as the Queen of Music, a master vocalist. She sang in classical South Asian musical traditions, associated with…
A lot of people think I am impolite but I am not…I’m straightforward. – Tahia Carioca Tahia Carioca was a dancer and movie star, who became known as the Marilyn Monroe of the Arab world. She was one of the…
Houzan Mahmoud is one of the founders of Culture Project, and a writer, feminist and public lecturer. She has just brought out a collection of Kurdish women’s writing. How did you go about collecting stories for the anthology Kurdish Women’s…
‘We have created our very own separatism. It is a ghettoization which our Republic, with initially the best intentions in the world, has allowed to happen.’ Emmanuel Macron, President of France, laid out his vision of an ‘anti-separatism bill’ which…
In early 2017, Zamzam Arab Ture and her five young children embarked on a life-altering journey from a refugee camp in Kenya to the small, and predominantly white, town of Bury, Greater Manchester. The family had fled a protracted civil…
A recent independent review into child grooming and abuse in Manchester in the mid-2000s has revealed horrific details of how the victims were denied protection, and turned away by British police officers and social workers. The victims had been deliberately…
The APPG’s definition of ‘Islamophobia’ is a triumph for fundamentalists “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness” – All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims definition of Islamophobia The…
Three real-life incidents, which I was a direct witness to, have contributed to shaping my perception of violence against women. One At the age of twelve, I woke up one morning to the news of the killing of my 14-year-old…
Growing up, I never identified as a feminist. This is not to say that I did not believe in equality. To be perfectly honest, as a child I never considered my sex a limitation. I was blessed enough to be…
The shooting at Christchurch Mosque in New Zealand happened on the 15th March. It was a Friday. People were attending Friday prayers. Six people were confirmed dead before the day was over. After I found out about the attack, I…
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