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Misrepresented

06 Dec

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...