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

Author

Safinah

Safinah is a lawyer and social activist. She has written on social and human rights issues for various local and international portals. She spent her foundational years growing up in South London, and has a strong flair for both Eastern and Western cultures. She is a Sufi at heart and an aspiring author who loves humour and sarcasm. She strongly believes in breaking the shackles of oppression, the status quo, and power dynamics and believes in the quote, ‘Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.’ Standing firmly on the path of truth with a sword of pride against the hypocrisy of tyranny.
Poetry

Playing in the un-holy battlefield

Before I send you another strong line That will send a shiver up your spine Details of how I was sheltered through the storm Below is a passage that describes my land and home! In this kingdom of Ashes, The…

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Poetry

Burnt pages of desire

A honey-gushing spring breeze sprinkles blissful showers, Burnt pages, an oath of no return, spreads its wings Life is molten lava, a moth’s temptation to a flame. Life’s mysterious essence is inside a scared little red box Within the box…

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Poetry

In the name of religion

Allahu Akbar, they chant in overwhelming frenzy, In vain our men are slain in the name of religion, Take off your rose tinted spectacles, Dare to ponder and look around yourself. You – my dear, average Pakistani – are not…

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