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An Interview with Zeba Talkhani of the Muslim Women Speak Micro-Festival


Posted by Shereen Malherbe on 14 Dec 2016 / 0 Comments
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Last month, Waterstones Book Store in London hosted Muslim Women Speak, “a micro-festival of interactive sessions curated, chaired and presented exclusively by Muslim women.” The festival was curated by Zeba Talkhani and was designed to let Muslim women speak about their own experiences in the publishing and writing industry in the UK. Shereen Malherbe spoke […]

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Culture/Society

Dressing the Same: London Mayor Candidate Sadiq Khan on Hijab


Posted by Shereen Malherbe on 04 May 2016 / 2 Comments
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In the UK, Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim MP for Labour, is campaigning to be the mayor of London. In recent news, comments from an interview with him stated, ‘Questions need to be asked about why Muslim women wear hijabs’. Now at first glance, I thought this must have been quoted wrong. After all, being […]

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