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20 Mar
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TWENTYHOOD INTERVIEW: MUSLIM WOMEN ON THE 2017 ACID ATTACK, SHAMIMA BEGUM AND MISREPRESENTATION

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“…it’s essential to challenge misrepresentation in order to create dialogue about Muslim identity which promotes healthier images of us which aren’t reliant on breaking news...
06 Dec
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Why I’m No Longer Labeling Myself a ‘Feminist’

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For the past few years, I have rigorously identified my social and personal beliefs as a type of feminism. I have always pushed that I...
17 Aug
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BBC’s Lost Boys Perpetuates The White Narrative Of South Asian Men

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Car drivers, school skivers, money makers. These are a few of the ‘themes’ that cropped up in Mehreen Baig’s Lost Boys? What’s Going Wrong for...
11 Mar
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Aurat (Poem)

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||AURAT|| The difference is, We don’t want to hold the weight Of womanhood On our heads. We want to spill it out, Share it, Make...
09 Mar
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Royal Albert Set to Celebrate Muslim Musical Heritage

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Far too frequently Britain has become divided by narratives of conflict and hate, we see the Britain deeply at odds with notions of ‘us and...
02 Nov
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Why Channel 4’s brown facing show is so disgusting.

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  Dubbed ‘My week as a Muslim’, Channel 4 recently caused public outrage with their documentary in which a white woman is armed with prosthetics,...
03 Apr
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White Feminism (Poem)

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I’m not here to congratulate white feminism, to applaud when she dyes her armpit hair blue When she still laughs at the hair on my...
23 Mar
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Sexual Politics In The South Asian Muslim Community

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Women are encouraged to be submissive and chaste to avoid unwanted sexual attention, men are encouraged to be outgoing and are praised for wilfully scoping...
28 Feb
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To hijab or dejab?

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Before today, I was considering writing an article about the controversy of the hijab. I was considering writing about how so many people choose to...
08 Oct
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tongues (poem)

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One thick braid slicked back, That’s how my mother arrived in this country. Baggy Kameez hanging over her. A scarf draped loosely over her head,...