Sitemap - 2023 - SWANA speaks
"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?”
Some changes around here (and a big thank you, reader!)
'I look for examples of queerness in Iran's 19th century Qajar dynasty'
How to help with earthquake relief efforts
"There's no such thing as cool music. What makes music cool is your connection to it"
"When you take care of yourself, it's also political. It's an act of resistance"
“I became vegetarian when I was nine... unheard of in a Middle Eastern family”