sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.

Author

Hanain B

Cultural hybrid, living in the UK, doing a PhD in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University.
Poetry

“Log kya kahenge?”

“Log kya kahenge?” (What will people say?)   A boy adorned in the colour pink; a girl rejecting the ‘feminine’ blueprint.   A woman fulfilling her own dreams and desires, before adhering to what tradition requires.   A man. Vulnerable….

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Poetry

Labels

Don’t label me by my race; my olive-beige skin only goes so deep. The features painted on my face simply frame my expressions and the words I speak.   Don’t label me by my heritage; a history lesson of my…

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