sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
Navigating through life is a lot like walking on a tightrope. Any misstep or harsh wind, and you could find yourself careering towards the net below. The problem is, as with a lot of open ex-Muslims, there was no net…
Sometimes, I look at myself and wonder what my parents say when they talk about me to other family members. Or what they’ve told my teachers in past parent-teacher interviews, or what they think when we sit down for awkward…
I’ve always defended you in your absence In the way I laughed off daddy issues when they were brought up As if it were a thing so foreign to me In the way I nodded in agreement when people praised…
In the April of last year I met someone and unexpectedly fell in love. At 25 years old, and having grown up seeing dysfunctional marriages all around me, I had never prioritized marriage as a goal. Instead I parked my…
Yes, we are Muslim women, but we are still humans that get our hearts broken. A friend of mine was asking me how she should support her loved one who is heartbroken. From that conversation this poem was born. 5:41…
I stood crippled for a month at the intersection of two of the most important issues in Saudi Arabia. These two issues: women’s rights, and freedom of speech, have been the focus of debate in the public domain, and they…
I often forget that my family has an extraordinary background. My friends do the same. I regularly forget my history and we sit together and talk about politics and poetry. I would not have it any other way. It would…
Interview with Mina Keshavarz The documentary film maker Mina Keshavarz visited the ‘Films from the South’ festival in Oslo, just three weeks after completing her documentary ‘Braving the Waves.’ One of the goals of this festival is to present a…
We were all listening. She couldn’t endure it any longer. She burst into the room and shouted ‘You fucking bastard.’ It was always my younger sister who was the brave one, unafraid to throw herself between you and your chosen…
I first came across my ex on an app. She was my first partner. I thought that we had something special, but I was very wrong. It wasn’t long before her true colours were revealed. It first started off with…
I’m the woman who has awoken I’ve found my path and will never return Poem by Meena Meena was born into a middle class family in Kabul. Her grandparents had relocated from a rural region and in some ways,…
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