sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
This art collection on Climate Change is entitled Shimmering Climates/Climats Chatoyants. The collection was exhibited in 2015 in Galarie Colombier in the heart of Paris. The abstract artwork is a Salma’s reflection of climates she has visited, some of which…
I’m a poet and without even knowing it a lot of poems are about women’s struggles and how women have been seen as a passive subject, a fetish, a statue and never a person. I’m interested in myths and religions…
Political revolutions and instability in the Middle East have mobilized women in new ways. In the face of political unrest and explicit threats to their rights, many women are increasing their activism to make their voices heard. As a result…
According to her family, Homa Hoodfar, a professor of anthropology has been imprisoned in Iran’s notorious Evin prison after weeks of interrogations by the Revolutionary Guards. Professor Hoodfar is a dual Iranian/Canadian national, working at Concordia University. Iran accuses her of ‘co-operating with a foreign state against the Islamic Republic of Iran,’ a term which could mean anything from espionage, sedition to propaganda against the state.
Muslim women have always been victims of criticism, from Muslim men and non-Muslims alike. On one end, we get criticism for ‘not being Muslim enough’ and on the other end, looked at like we are ‘oppressed’ and need saving. My…
Do you bring Islam to your feminism, or do you bring feminism to your Islam? Must we bend Islam to fit our modern sensibilities of women’s rights, humanism and justice towards both genders, or must we make compromises in our…
Litteraturhuset So I am standing outside the Litteraturhuset in Oslo, Norway doing last minute advertising for an event which is in an hour’s time. This Norwegian lady comes up to me and starts talking Norwegian to me. I ask ‘Can…
They say that we’re Queens but a queen who can never rule her own kingdom They say that we’re Jewelry but we’re not allowed to show how pretty and shiny we can be They say that our bodies are Precious…
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…
I was sixteen and in college doing my A-Levels when an uncle of mine visited. We were sitting at the dinner table when he went around in a circle, asking my siblings and I what we were studying. When I…
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)….
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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