My name is Tanisha Zaman. I am a young British Bangladeshi woman, only just beginning my twenties, and recently I have started mourning the fragments of my childhood that managed to survive alongside ...

Film festivals have become meeting points for stories near and far, and over the next few weeks, the spotlight is on the BFI ...

At some point in your life, you’ve probably eaten fried chicken from a box.  Unwrapping a box of golden chicken wings, ...

I’ve been pronouncing my own name wrong for almost my entire life, not because I don’t know how to pronounce it, but because other people don’t. Malak is a popular Egyptian female name, but growing up ...

Summer ‘26 wasn’t like the other summers. From wildfires to droughts, floods to extreme heat, all nations have experienced new climate catastrophes and found new responsibilities we’ve had to bear. In ...

In an age of constant progress, I find myself retreating to the past. The world’s demands feel lighter when I’m watching old shows from the 2000s. My film camera gives me the satisfaction of simpler ...

“The woman who sees without being seen frustrates the coloniser.” (Ibrahim Frantz Fanon) Frantz Fanon, one of the main contributors of Post-Colonial Theory, wrote about the frustration of the French ...

Family dynamics and the role of women, in particular, can have a large influence on future generations and the structure of the family unit. As such, it is still a surprisingly sombre reminder that ...

‘Oh Children of Adam, take your adornment at every Masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed he likes not those who commit excess’ (Qur’an 7:31) There has been a spate of commentary over ...

Note: The women referenced in this article are under pseudonyms for privacy, however, their stories are real. All the signs were there, and yet, for me, it seemed to lead to a dead end. Mapping out a ...

Ask me where I’m from and it would not be a straight answer. It would also depend on who is asking. Defining home and all its sub elements will forever be a complex conversation. Where is your home?

“When their specified time arrives, they cannot delay it for a single hour nor can they bring it forward.” (Surah An-Nahl 16:61) A person might think that they are in control of their life, but as ...