Before the clearly defined rights and responsibilities, women in jahiliyyah [pre-Islamic Arabia] were the property of men, were killed by men and buried alive, were sold by men and were exploited by men.
Tasnim Sammak
Tasnim Sammak
Tasnim Sammak is a PhD student at the Faculty of Education, Monash University (Clayton). She's a spokesperson and founder of Solidarity for Palestine - Narrm, Melb.
Growing up I didn’t ever hear or know the word privilege.
I feel betrayed by the #hijabiXmona video’s appeasement and its marketing as the antithesis of what it actually is – a performance to a dominant gaze.
My dearest Cinderella,
Your sisters can go fulfil their rite of passage
but you my dearest,
you will not go.
Pious puzzle
possessing an ability to answer
Come on, little baby
Try, choose!
Where’s your fluidity?