sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
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Samera Ashraf has overcome many personal obstacles to obtain a blue belt in karate and kickboxing. We asked her to explain how she challenges negative attitudes to women’s sport in Britain’s Asian communities, and why she’s passionate about creating a cultural…
As a child, Taban Shoresh was a refugee from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, due to her family’s flight from Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. After the collapse of his regime and the rise and fall of the Islamic State, Taban decided…
In a world riven by war, conflict and environmental stresses, and in the face of increasing nationalism, mobility has increased, but it has also come under severe restrictions; from Trump’s travel ban, to increasing difficulties in finding asylum in Western…
Saba Taj is a mixed-media visual artist and activist from North Carolina. Her work centres upon identity and challenging Islamophobia and sexism. How did you become interested in art? I do not remember there being some sort of beginning or moment…
To say the least, the veil is a complex symbol that impacts upon the lives of all women of Muslim heritage. Whether they choose to wear it or not, our writers agree on the importance of hijab as an individual…
sister-hood writers have been covering several aspects of their experiences over the year. 2017 proved to be an unusually eventful year. Here are half a dozen posts that chronicle some of it’s events. At the beginning of the year, Egypt…
We asked our sister-hood writers to tell us their New Year’s resolutions for 2018. Here are some of their responses: Emma Al-munshi The New Year brings with it unexpected experiences, new lessons and important moments of reflection. 2017…
Attitudes to female sexuality and romantic relationships in the Muslim world are often restrictive; women are expected to respect patriarchal and heteronormative codes that limit sexual expression to ‘legitimate’ marriage. Yet sexuality is not so easily restrained and women of…
Shehzil Malik is an artist, designer and illustrator. Her work features themes of gender equality and creating social change through design. We interviewed her about her work and experiences as an artist working in Pakistan. A great deal of your…
sister-hood has always taken a broad view of what it means to be a Muslim. In an environment where there have been increasing demands upon women to accept restrictions in the name of Islam, and where religious understandings have faced…
With many women and girls growing up in countries and cultures very different from those of their parents, there can be a sense of sense of falling between different cultures: the separate worlds that can be vastly different between home…
sister-hood is a digital magazine and a series of live events. We create platforms for women of Muslim heritage to speak for themselves, rather than being spoken for or spoken about. sister-hood challenges stereotypes and promotes the fearless, progressive, creative voices of women of Muslim heritage.
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