SWANA speaks

'Under 1% of roles go to SWANA actors' — plus, how cinema is a tool of resistance

"Trauma in a society becomes a culture"

'When giving birth, refugee mothers' wishes are not being honoured'

'We talk about Palestine as an abstract idea, not about Palestinian people'

'As Afghan women, we begin to fight within our family, then our workplace, then society'

'White feminism created the myth that Muslim men are inherently more violent'

'I am stateless, and I carry that with me wherever I go'

"Islam doesn’t speak, they speak for Islam."

“What is grief if not love persevering?”

'It's not okay to break into someone's home, kill them and take that house. Why do I have to explain that?'

'I look for examples of queerness in Iran's 19th century Qajar dynasty'