REAL WORDS AND FEELINGS FROM MUSLIM WOMEN
AROUND THE WORLD
Britney Niese
CANADA: DEBRA SCHUBERT
“I have been a Muslim for ten years and
for ten years I have apologized for the
way Muslims behave. I have covered it up
and bottled it in and I am tired.”
Schubert, D. (n.d.). A Blossom Out of Muddy Waters. Retrieved from International Museum of Women Muslima: http://muslima.imow.org/stories/blossom-out-muddy-waters#sthash.A5wSLZHe.dpuf
SAUDI ARABIA: SAFFAA
“Hierarchies of power in Saudi Arabia are
fundamentally based on sexual difference
and the female-male binary. The country’s
guardianship laws explicitly discriminate
against women on the basis of their sex.” Saffaa. (n.d.). I Am My Own Guardian. Retrieved from International
Museum of Women Muslima: http://muslima.imow.org/stories/i-am-my-own-guardian#sthash.RQZuQNfV.dpuf
UNITED STATES: AISHA TASVEER
“There's one thing I learnt through it all:
don't let anyone stop you if it's worth it.”
Tasveer, A. (n.d.). I Found the Path to Liberation. Retrieved from International Museum of Women Muslima: http://muslima.imow.org/stories/i-found-path-liberation#sthash.D9sCjVs4.dpuf
DENMARK: NADIA HELMY AHMED
“I do no longer desire to be a victim of ‘the
game of identity and nationality, the game of
residence permit and passport’”
“The crucial issue for us has been to achieve a
status in which it is legitimate and acceptable to
be both Muslim Women and Danish at the same
time.”
Ahmed, N. H. (n.d.). Redefine Limits and Courage to Strive for More. Retrieved from International Museum for Women Muslima: http://muslima.imow.org/stories/redefine-limits-and-courage-strive-more#sthash.bN997iwn.dpuf
INDIA: MARIAM KARIM-AHLAWAT
“I want the world to appreciate the image
of strong, thinking Muslim women, not
reinforce stereotypes of Muslim women as
victims.”
Ahlawat, M. K. (n.d.). Make Space in Your Thoughtspace. Retrieved from International Museum for Women Muslima: http://muslima.imow.org/stories/make-space-your-thoughtspace
PHILIPPINES: ALAMINAH ABUSSALAM
“It is something that protects me from the evil eyes of
people. So like a veil, I personally show people that
as a Muslim woman, I need not to submit myself to
the society's standard of beauty because I have my
own, I need not to forsake my religion just to do
things which I actually do not have to do (just to
please people).”Abussalam, A. (n.d.). A Life, Not Just a Coif. Retrieved from
International Musuem of Women Muslima: http://muslima.imow.org/stories/life-not-just-coif#sthash.E1IROJtr.dpuf
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