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Sophia Anwar, Birmingham South History is witness to the fact that there has been much inequality between men and women. The basic right to vote, have an education, divorce or inherit is not something we should take for granted and we owe gratitude to those who campaigned and worked hard to obtain these rights. International…
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#InternationalWomensDay2021 In this episode of The British Muslim Women’s podcast, Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Nooresahar Ahmad and Mahrukh Arif, talk about the nature of female unity, of sisterhood in the context of competition. Reflecting on how being part of Lajna UK has helped to shape their personal experiences of sisterhood.
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hartlepool The author Debra Ginsberg said of motherhood that, “The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that – a parent’s heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.”[1] To me, this is certainly true. When I spent a portion of my childhood unwell,…
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford “Paradise lies under the feet of mothers.” When I first learned this Hadith I jokingly picked up my mother’s foot and pretended to look for something under it. There was no malice in this action though, and soon enough I grasped its message. Soon after, I learnt more Ahadith but the Arabic…
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