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

Author

Mussarat Rahman

Mussarat has been a practising artist for 20 years. She has more than 15 years’ experience in delivering creative, innovative and engaging workshops. Her writing reflects themes about life, social issues, love, passion and spirituality. The environment, places she has visited, and world issues inspire her.
Poetry

The Embrace

The sounds of nature surround me Birds tweeting in a myriad of sound The gusts of wind shake the trees with a might I can hear the howling rain as it crashes in sleets against the window panes Nature in…

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Poetry

Salaam from my desi house

Full of noise and chatter Smells of cooking Spices and pakora batter When I make the rotis It’s got to be round not square About twelve to make with five of us to share and care Hard work living in…

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Poetry

Standstill

I watch the world go by Silently I hear the chime of time Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock No mouse ran up the clock Instead people sat alone in dead space Once together in laughter & harmony But not…

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Our Voices

Humanising ourselves through art

Humanising is  a group exhibition by refugees and asylum seekers from BIASAN in Bradford. BIASAN is a volunteer-run organisation founded in 1999 to support asylum seekers and refugees. The exhibition is about humanising people rather than showing them as victims, expressing…

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Poetry

Storm before the quiet

An eerie silence greets me As I walk along the streets My footsteps echo an awareness of my arrival In a land once trodden in multiplicity I hear the strained voices of passers by Tainting by the silent world in…

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Poetry

Working class

I’m classed as an essential key worker But not in most peoples eyes I’m the lowest of the low How far can you really go? With that terminology To that place, you detest the most Cos you think its worthless…

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Poetry

Woman

Here I am with Women Of all shapes, sizes, all colours and creeds Today we are stood together Against all atrocities against women Violence, domestic abuse, rage and pain Of a 100 nations in a 100 languages Read, spoken, heard…

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