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After the passing of Nawal El Saadawi, one of the greatest feminist revolutionaries, earlier this year, Hannah La Ronde questions how women are keeping Saadawi’s movement alive, using not only powerful words but inciting meaningful actions globally in order to affect their communities and uplift women around them.
Read MoreWith a powerfully sobering voice, Nisreen Bajis discusses the importance of her Palestinian heritage. She explores why, this time, the fight against Palestinian cultural erasure is stronger than ever due to the rise of social media’s wide-reaching records of forced, illegal Israeli settlements.
Read MoreGail El-Halaby takes us through a personal and reflective moment on the West's influence on beauty standards and the effect it has on women from the Middle East, with a focus on the Arab nose.
Read MoreInspired by her upbringing as a Palestinian refugee, Jordan-based street artist Laila Ajjawi creates provocative murals that question inequality in the Middle East. She’s one of the few female creatives in the male-dominated field of political graffitiing in the region - but she’s not afraid to take up space.
Read MoreEtinosa Yvonne translates the urgency of gender-based violence in a visual series that recounts what Nigerian women and girls have endured in the shadows for far too long.
Read MoreWe speak to Sarah Bahbah, the Palestinian-Jordanian artist behind the highly circulated series 3eib. She shares her journey, standing up to the culture-based shame she has carried for so long and embracing her true identity as a Western Arab.
Read MoreMariam Abood was raised by an ‘army of feminists’ and lost a brother during the war in Iraq. She tells AZEEMA how she navigates life in Britain, having to constantly explain her heritage, and how her identity has inevitably become political.
Read MoreWith humour, Aida Esmaili shares her personal experiences around sex but also hints to the cultural implications it has on women in Iran.
Read MoreGiven Assyrian is an endangered language, Jenan Younis shares her experiences speaking her mother tongue as a potent way to maintaining her cultural identity.
Read MoreA beautiful short film exploring the Alevi community based in Anatolia, modern day Turkey. Lara Köse gives us an insight into her identity and how she came to direct this film.
Read MoreAyat shares a touching account on maintaining (re)imaginings of Palestine alive in light of the anticipated Israeli annexation of Palestine
Read MoreSafiya Bashir takes a moment to recognise the formidable journey of Shirin Ebadi, celebrating her incredible achievements in Iran over the past 50 years.
Read MoreMaya Baroody shares her perspective of how to actively be a better ally to the Black community, and how Arab communities can begin to dismantle the deep-rooted racism that exists against Black bodies.
Read MoreSara takes along her first and only visit to Yemen and shares a perspective on why people and the media have not allotted the Yemeni Civil War the attention it deserves.
Read MoreEmma shares a personal lens of Algeria’s Hirak movement and its hopes for democracy.
Read MoreToronto-based filmmaker Sara Elgamal talks about her stunning documentary film, A Piece of Me, created in collaboration with UNPF to end Female Genital Mutilation for women and girls around the world.
Read MoreBhavini shares her experience of coming out and creating a way to celebrate queerness, womanhood and ethnic diversity for all the magic that it is!
Read MoreLooking back on Masaktach - the important female-led campaign in Morocco bringing attention to sexual harassment in the North African region.
Read More“I am an artist. I am a woman. I am a refugee. I am a Leo. I am a crybaby. I am Arab. I am ‘Caucasian’. I am YASSA”
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