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

Author

Shireen Hakim

Shireen Hakim is an award-winning author with a Master's in Nutrition from Columbia University. She was an expert source for Buzzfeed's Ramadan nutrition articles, and her nutrition article is viral on Islamic Online University blog.
Opinions

Followers are not friends

(Disclaimer: I am grateful for my followers.) Real friendship takes work, not just a ‘like’. At the very least, it takes knowing each other’s names. But these days, social media account users throw around the ‘friend’ word while concealing their…

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Experiences

A gluten-free naan for my nihari

No more BYOB (Bring Your Own Bread) A year ago I went to eat at a Halal burger kiosk at a mall food court in Brea, California. My stomach was growling since I hadn’t eaten in a while and don’t…

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