Topic: Women
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‘It felt as though something was burning inside me, that I myself was on fire. But Allah gave us courage’
One year after a devastating arson attack on their community centre, west London’s Al Falah women are thriving
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Inside the burgeoning abaya industry
From established family businesses to a new wave of social media-savvy designers, this traditional garment has become the hottest thing in modest fashion
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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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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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Reclaiming narratives for Black History Month and beyond
Across the UK, a wealth of organisations are dedicated to telling Black Muslim stories. Here are just a few of them
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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
