SHEzaadi

My broken hymen is still a practicing Muslim

Being a teenage girl with a boyfriend was momentous enough. The hormone crazy…

Bleed like a woman

I am Pakistani. Pak like pure, like Quran-e Pak, the Holy Qur’an. Except once a month when I’m not pak, and so, not Pakistani. Once a month I am without ethnicity, I am a nowhere woman. Pak also happens to be the euphemism for menstruation (and I’ve just broken my Islam by placing Qur’an and…

Dating a Muslim in a country that hates them

Let’s begin with a few facts to break the myth of this being a sob story. To start…

I don’t want to talk about it (but I’ll write you everything)

I am here because my parents wanted me…

Am I too brown or too white?

Part 1: Too White?

Egyptian Women: Sexual Harassment is A Universal Issue

Usually, Farah opts to wear conservative…

The Anti-Black Racism of The South Asian Muslim brand

Women are reclaiming spaces

Women have started reclaiming spaces, rightfully belonging to them which by virtue of unspoken decree…