sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
I was born in Algeria but was raised in France. Now at 42, I am divorced and the head of the legal department of an insurance company. Very few people around me know what happened to me 24 years ago…
Young women sexing the camera, or sexing one another. Mouths are open and inviting, tongues are licking, eyes are bed-roomed, breasts and asses are popping up at interesting (and I can’t imagine comfortable) angles. Any way you slice it, each…
‘If my rights were clothes, then I stand here naked before the men who’ve stripped me of my fabric and then told me to cover when the sight of my skin burned their immoral eyes. They can’t look too…
I was 18 years old when I first discovered that I was a lesbian. I think the signs were there earlier on but I wasn’t aware of what it was that I was feeling at that time. One of my…
Ever since my spiritual crisis during Ramadan, due to all the political and personal issues, which were getting me down, I discovered the Inclusive Mosque Initiative (IMI), which restored my faith. I first came across IMI in an article in…
I was raised in a strict Muslim household where I was taught the fundamentals of Islam from a young age. At the age of five, I was made to attend the mosque. By the time I was eleven, I had…
Doria Shafik grew up in a modest and traditional middle class family, as the third child of six, and the second daughter. Her life was dedicated to feminist activism in many forms, from poetry and writing to organisation building, and…
In Istanbul recently, a convening of Syrian and Iraqi women activists took place that Global Fund for Women co-funded with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and MADRE. More than 60 people attended, including nine Syrian women activists…
Imagine that you have no control over your own life. Every decision is either already made for you, or has to be approved by someone for you. Feeling that even though you are a responsible adult you still have to be treated like a minor.
You know how they say love is a trap. You fall in love. So yes, in this case it is. And you can only get out of it with the keys of tears. I am here to propose something different….
Laila* has not had an easy life. Her mother died when she was eight years old. Soon afterward her father sent her to work in the home of a village leader, where she worked as a domestic servant until age…
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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