sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
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‘Honour’ based violence exists in many forms around the world, from more subtle social controls to more visible physical violence and crimes. ‘Honour’ killings portray the worst of humanity and the most grievous of patriarchal norms and practices perpetrated against…
I loved him. His brown eyes and large hands that held me too tight sometimes His wanting that would turn me to stone and the cold I felt when he held me – I loved him. It wasn’t uncommon when…
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,…
Rawan was born in East Jerusalem, and was honored in 2009 for being the co-founder of the Interns for Peace program with Adva Kafri. Currently, Rawan is Building Bridges’ Middle East Program Director. Rawan has a diverse and long journey…
Yasmin Mulbocus used to be a recruiter for an extremist group. Now she’s doing everything she can to fight against radicalization and terrorism – find out why in this video.
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of ICAN. Between 2005-14, she was a Research Associate and Senior Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies. In 2011, she was the first Senior Expert on Gender and Inclusion on…
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.
sister-hood is currently on hiatus whilst we work on our relaunch. The site will still be available for your reading pleasure.
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