Topic: Women
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‘My intention is to provoke’: why director Laila Abbas made a film about Islamic inheritance laws
The Palestinian director on her feature debut Thank You for Banking With Us!, which traces two sisters who contend with patriarchal inheritance traditions after the death of their father
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I’m a Muslim mum who lets her child watch Peppa Pig
When I speak to other mothers who confess they too let their children watch the cartoon about the adventurous preschool pig, we can’t help but feel judged by our community for it
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Inside Kosovo’s feminist art festival
For the past 12 years, FemArt has created a space where important ideas are discussed and creativity flows freely
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Speaking out on racism, multiculturalism and Gaza — the Hyphen guide to Sayeeda Warsi
Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim woman in cabinet, has now resigned the Tory whip. Here are the moments that have defined her career so far
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Atoosa Sepehr Q&A: ‘Food is a form of healing’
The bestselling author of From a Persian Kitchen on taking chances and seeing her life story on the stage
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Fawzia Mirza on The Queen of My Dreams: ‘Love and joy are revolutionary’
The writer-director speaks to Hyphen about her first feature film, now in cinemas, drawing on her own experience as a queer Pakistani Muslim
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Afghan women want to be heard, not pitied
The Taliban has imposed a draconian ban on female voices outside the home, but many still refuse to suffer in silence
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No one warned me how lonely motherhood can be
Why do I feel so devastatingly isolated as I sit with my toddler on my lap and embrace him?
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‘It is not right to show luxuries when there’s a war being played out in front of our eyes’
British-Palestinian designer Fadi Kazem Sarandah has pulled out of London Fashion Week and won't show his collection until there is a ceasefire in Gaza
