sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.

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sister-hood is guided and supported by a whole range of ambassadors whose knowledge and experience span the arts, human rights, media and academics. Meet some of them here...


Mona-Eltahawy-sister-hood-ambassador

Mona Eltahawy is an award-winning columnist and an international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues. she’s based in Cairo.

Her opinion pieces have been published frequently in media across the world, including The Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune and she has appeared as a guest analyst in several media outlets. She was a columnist for the Toronto Star, Jerusalem Report and Politiken until 2011 since when her columns have appeared in the Guardian.

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Farida Shaheed

Farida Shaheed (Pakistan) took up her functions as Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights in 2009 and continued as a Special Rapporteur on the same issue, following Human Rights Council Resolution 19/6 of 2012.

Ms. Shaheed is a Pakistani sociologist. She works as the Executive Director of Shirkat Gah-Women’s Resource Centre in Pakistan.

Recipient of several national and international human rights awards, Farida Shaheed has worked for more than 25 years promoting and protecting cultural rights by fostering policies and projects designed in culturally sensitive ways to support the rights of marginalized sectors, including women, peasants, and religious and ethnic minorities.


Rula Jebreal-sister-hood-ambassadorRula Jebreal is an award-winning journalist, author and foreign policy analyst who has received accolades for her groundbreaking work in Italy, the United States and across the Middle East.

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leyla-hussein-sh-ambassadorLeyla Hussein a trained psychotherapist and a multi-award winning campaigner on FGM and gender rights, including the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Campaigner Women of the Year Award 2010. In 2011 she won the Emma Humphreys Award, and the Lin Groves Special Award for her work in raising awareness of violence against women and children.

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