Gender

Empowering? Really?

When I asked this question as a little girl, here is the answer I was given: “Women are just created by Allah in such a way that the responsibility lies with them. With great beauty comes great responsibility.” Hahaha, what the fuck, honestly. I understand that there are women who …

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Gender

Why gender segregation might not be the solution.

Gender segregation: Reducing any and every interaction between men and women to sex since forever. Because, men and women being together in one room – especially public lectures – obviously always leads to a big fat orgy. Some days ago I was in a public lecture about Malala, and since …

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GenderVoices

A sad, lucky story.

“We will call your mom. We have to call your mom right now. We can’t afford such indecent behavior in our school.”  These words stabbed parts of me that can never come alive again.  My crime? Liking a guy. And I mean, just having a massive crush on a guy. …

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GenderHuman Rights

Divorce is a human right, too.

It’s amazing how much Muslim cultures pride themselves for being anti-divorce and for having supposedly “low rates” of divorce. They tell you it is the case because “we know the value of family and family life”. In reality, it is the case only because of how stigmatized divorce is – …

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Voices

Advice to my former Muslim self (Part 1)

You will be fine Sophiya. You will be fine without Allah. And without His love, and without praying to Him all the time. You will be fine, trust me. Because you do have the love of your family and of your friends and you have yourself. And trust me, you …

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