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The other day, I was watching videos on YouTube, and somehow I ended up on a video entitled A Jewish Perspective of Islam where Gary Stearman and Avi Lipkin –the host and the guest respectively- explore the Islamic plan to…
In 2016, across London, Washington, Brussels and New York: violent extremism is the topic du jour, with officials in the US government, the UN and across Europe busy developing policies and plans for action on ‘preventing or countering violent extremism’(P/CVE)….
For San Bernardino and Beirut, Ankara and Bataclan, Bardo and Baghdad For Russian children blown out of the sky over Sinai For Bennetta who fled the Ayatollahs in Iran but was killed by jihadis in SoCal For Jim and Steven,…
To challenge the Male Creator
In Ancient Egypt our female goddess, Isis, was a symbol of creativity and knowledge.
There is a relationship between knowledge and creativity.
According to a Thomas Reuters report, Pakistan is the third most dangerous country in the world for women. In a country with over 95% Muslim population, those in power to manipulate the masses have long misused religion. Despite being a…
The U.S. media should be asking itself some tough questions about the escalating division and violence around the Trump presidential campaign. Not only has our national media failed to recognize the social crisis fuelling the electorate’s rebellion against establishment candidates,…
I was the first person in my family to attend university. As a young A-Level student with no frame of reference for what university life would be like, I entertained fairly naïve notions of them as battlegrounds for competing ideas…
The digital revolution has changed the way we think, live and work. The world has reached a point where digital literacy is fundamental for finding a job. In future, ninety percent of jobs will demand digital skills. The ICT sector…
Before joining Nazra for Feminist Studies in March 2013, I had theoretical or virtual ideas around the principle of solidarity. They revolved around standing by friends and loved ones in the face of their enemies, or those they are at…
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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