sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
Words matter. The response to the novel coronavirus is not a war and the belligerent language used in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic could do more harm than good. The reasons are simple: the use of war metaphors, be it…
Week? Another one just went by. The days and nights ebb and flow. When they flow it seems almost normal. There is a structure. I get up, I dress, I make my bed and my coffee. A meeting starts. People…
Oscar and Emmy-winning Pakistani film-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s most recent project – Sitara: Let Girls Dream – is the first Pakistani animation to be released and distributed by Netflix. The short film has already won multiple awards. What inspired you to…
For many women, home is a place that they can be themselves. After a long busy day in the office, most go home and take off their professional garb and let it all hang loose. They don’t have to watch…
We are in the midst of something none of us have ever experienced before. It’s challenging to know the right thing to do. The measures taken to prevent further spread of COVID-19, such as lock-down practices, might seem extreme. However,…
I grew up in South London in a four bedroom house with my parents, four sisters and one brother. Many of us shared one bedroom. The eldest sisters had their own room. My brother had the smallest room in the…
This is the first part of a four part interview by Sadia Humayan with Nazir Afzal, former Chief Crown Prosecutor and activist for women and children’s rights. Nazir Afzal OBE, the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for Northwest England, has his…
Here I am with Women Of all shapes, sizes, all colours and creeds Today we are stood together Against all atrocities against women Violence, domestic abuse, rage and pain Of a 100 nations in a 100 languages Read, spoken, heard…
Orthodox religious communities around the world have refused to comply with government instructions requiring people to stay home and avoid all possible social interaction despite the coronavirus crisis. This reckless attitude is causing a faster spread of the potentially fatal…
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini has been following the coronavirus outbreak. Corona Diary: Entry 5 Week? Another one just went by. The days and nights ebb and flow. When they flow it seems almost normal. There is a structure. I get up, I dress, I make…
Review: Our Bodies, Their Battleground Rape, argues Christina Lamb, is a weapon of war as deadly as the Kalashnikov. Unlike the Kalashnikov, rape has the advantage of costing nothing. Rape serves as a reward for the troops and gang rape…
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