sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
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Since 9/11, the public image of Islam has been inextricably associated with extremism, and has formed the centre of hostile attitudes towards Muslims. Meanwhile, many Muslim women find themselves targets of vicious Islamophobia, as well as conflicts around the roles…
Roisin O’Laughlin grew up in the west of Ireland and came to London to train as an actress at RADA in 2008. After finding herself frustrated with the silencing of Arab female voices across history, she launched her exhibition ‘Radical…
Lalla Aicha (or Fatima) bint Ali ibn Rashid al-Alami, best known as Sayyida al Hurra, was the governor of Tétouan in Morocco. She is the only woman in the history of that country to have ruled directly in her own…
I have so longed to make the acquaintance of a ‘modern girl’, the proud, independent girl whom I so much admire, who confidently steps through life, cheerfully and in high spirits, full of enthusiasm and commitment, working not just for…
I who had dreamed of a nationalism which will create a happy land of beauty, understanding, and love, I have seen nothing but mutual massacre and mutual hatred; I have seen nothing but ideals used as instruments for creating human…
Interview with Iram Haq Norwegian/Pakistani director, actor and screenwriter Iram Haq’s latest film What Will People Say explores the topics of ‘honour’-based violence and intergenerational conflicts in a Pakistani family. Iram describes herself as having a passion for art, storytelling and…
Interview with Alya al-Sultani Alya Al-Sultani is a vocalist and composer, whose diverse musical style and interests reflect her upbringing in an Iraqi family in Tottenham, London. We asked her several questions about her life and work. Moving to Tottenham…
When I wrote, I imagined my readers sitting before me. I talked and they listened. Some agreed with me. Some didn’t. Some smiled while others got angry, and some felt jealous. Even now, I experience the same feelings. I narrate…
Of mankind’s great misfortunes one is this; that one must take a wife or husband according to the wishes of one’s parents. Taj al-Saltana, one of the daughters of one of the Qajar kings of Iran, is best known for…
I would like to say to my father, my mother, my neighbours in our small neighbourhood, and all I see, or pass by me: I live. Feminist novelist Layla Baalbaki, known as ‘the Françoise Sagan of the Arabs’, is noted…
‘I have been crying for the lowliest creature in India for the last twenty years. Do you know who the lowliest creature in India is? It is the Indian woman’ – Begum Rokeya Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was a pioneering…
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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