sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
‘No, it’s not safe,’ my mother used to tell me when I asked to join her as she taught the Holy Qur’an to small children in remote areas of Rabwah, Pakistan. I wondered what exactly was not safe. Innocently, I…
This Ramadan was supposed to be a fresh start. A clean slate. A reconnection with God, refreshing my spirituality, freeing myself from Satan. That has not happened at all even though we are a third of the way through this…
Rasul Beevi from Tamil Nadu, was married at 15 and then divorced at just 18, after her husband orally pronounced talaq (‘I divorce you’) three times. He was suspicious because she had conceived a child at 18, and not when…
Over the past few months, the Egyptian government’s crackdown on human rights and feminist spaces in Egypt has been escalating, with women human rights defenders and critical women’s groups subjected to official investigations and interrogations, detained, and forced to stop…
This poem was trigged by difficult and enlightening conversations about gender equality and laws I’ve been having recently with Muslims young and old. And the challenges in trying to reconcile as to how some people who believe in a merciful,…
I couldn’t wait to get married to a man that had the fear of Allah in him. I heard about a brother looking for marriage. We met at a friend’s house, in the presence of my friend and her husband….
The poem is a living reminder of the monotonous life spent by a large number of Muslim women. Their desires and passion don’t die but are repressed by the gratuitous burden of pride and honour enforced by the patriarchal society….
Despite turmoil, danger, and oppression, women in the Middle East and North Africa are not succumbing—instead they are resisting. Women are claiming new public spaces, fighting back against discriminatory systems and laws, and raising their voices on topics that were…
Over the past few months, Turkey has been on edge. The country has been the target of three deadly suicide attacks carried out by extremists including one explosion that killed five at the end of March in Istanbul…
In this interview with Yanar, we hear about how her organization’s work against trafficking in women and girls, particularly sexual exploitation, has been impacted by the turmoil caused by Islamic extremists and ISIS.
The landless farmers of Okara’s military-owned farms have a long history of resistance against the military and land owning classes. The tenants (mazareen) have been tilling the land for over a hundred years. Agricultural and non-agricultural workers from East Punjab…
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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