self-love — Features

Reclaiming the 9a7ba (gahba)

Nour Regaya shares her first experiences with the word 9a7ba (whore) as a young woman and meditates on its usage in the Middle East to suppress female sexuality throughout her upbringing. Through is inversion, Nour has learnt to empower herself by redefining what the word means to her.

RESISTANCE, ARTS & CULTUREAZEEMA -July 5, 2022Feminism, sex, self-love, misogyny

ذكريات و كلوتات – The Transition From Girl to Woman Through the Aesthetics of Underwear

“Let’s start this with an apology to my mother.” In this tender exploration of the transition between girlhood and womanhood, Cairo-born photographer Alia Dessouki dictates the uniquely feminine evolution from the subject of innocence to the subject of the sexualised gaze through her childhood underwear.

Reclaiming My Body Hair

Natalie Oganesyan writes about a mental journey to reclaim the hair on her body. Interviewing Lisa Pecot-Hébert about sexist propaganda reproduced by the media, she discusses the way body hair has become racialised in society. Natalie also talks about unlearning practices of hair removal, which were passed down from women in her family.