Meet The New Suffragettes
Check out the new short on Vogue Daily featuring blogger Dina Torkia.... Dina is viewed as the first high profile hijabi blogger in the UK, and seen as an inspiration for many... Here Dina discusses what feminism and equality means to her. Enjoy!...
Saffa Khan: Illustrator and Printmaker
In December the work of Saffa Khan was flagged to me. Saffa is a talented freelance Illustrator and print maker, also interested in zines. Her work explores the themes of identity with a focus on gender, culture and religion, along with mental health. It is especially...
Muslim Women Connect
Muslim Women Connect is an initiative bringing together Muslim women from a broad range of careers and different walks of life in order to network, connect with and nurture the next generation of Muslim women. A rich and varied programme of events and mentoring...
Cultural Policy and Urban Diversity
New article out by Dr Saskia Warren (with Dr Phil Jones) connected to this research. For a free copy email: Saskia.Warren@Manchester.ac.uk "Within a paradigm of culture-led urban competition, discourse and debate has focused on attracting the mobile creative class,...
Interviews… Sabika Hassan
I've now cleared Ethical Review at University of Manchester- a very thorough process, and rightly so... With this process completed I can begin data collection in earnest. I've had the good fortune to speak with a number of marvellous makers over the past few weeks....
Research: October 2017 Launch
The start of October marked the beginning of my AHRC Leadership Fellowship. Awarded for the research programme, Geographies of Muslim Women and the UK Cultural and Creative Economy, the work will go by the shorter name of 'Creative Muslim Women'. As detailed on the...
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