
Cut from the Same Cloth
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From modern pop culture to anti-Blackness, faith and family, politics, education, creativity and working life; this anthology gives visibly Muslim women a space to speak to the matters that mean the most to them. SPOILER ALERT: We won't be answering the usual questions!
Perceived as the visual representation of Islam, hijab-wearing Muslim women are often harangued at work, at home and in public life yet are rarely afforded a platform on their own terms. Whether it s awkward questions, radical commentators sensationalising our existence, non-Muslims and non-hijabis making assumptions, men speaking on our behalf, or stereotypical norms being perpetuated by the same old faces, hijabis are tired.
Cut from the Same Cloth? seeks to tip the balance back in our favour. Here, twenty-one middle and working-class women of all ages and races look beyond the tired tropes, exploring the breadth of our experience and spirituality. It's time we, as a society, stop with the hijab-splaining and make space for the women who know .
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Sabeena is a writer, editor and the Festival Coordinator of Bare Lit, the UK's principal festival celebrating remarkable writers in the diaspora. She is a co-founder of the Primadonna Festival which spotlights the work of women writers.
In 2017 she participated in the BBC's coverage of the seventieth anniversary of Indian independence and, with her daughter, filmed a programme on the Partition of India for children. @pocobookreader.
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