“Our philosophy is that nobody is voiceless.”
If your social feeds look anything like ours, you will have spotted a whole lot of Muslim Women’s Day posts in the last 24 hours.
Founded by Muslim Girl editor Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, the day aims to centre Muslim women’s voices and to provide a counterpoint to negative stereotypes.
A worthy goal, we’d say, and one that’s been picked up world wide.
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“My favorite part about Muslim Women’s Day last year was how it really afforded us an opportunity to change the culture around how we talk about Muslim women and how we cover their stories,” Al-Khatahtbeh told CNN.
“Our philosophy is that nobody is voiceless, they’re just voices that are more systematically silenced than others.”
This year the day was themed on Muslim women talking back to violence, engaging with issues like gun violence and the #TimesUp campaign.
“These are obviously themes that impact women from all backgrounds, across the board, Al-Khatahbeh told CNN.
“But this day is specifically to center Muslim women’s voices that often get drowned out of the conversation.”
To that end, Al-Khatahtbeh worked with a French site, Lallab, to bring the day to France.
Last year, the US-born Jordanian was forced to remove her hijab by border staff at Nice Airport.
“Muslim women are pushing back against hatred and violence in every single society they walk in,” Al-Khatahtbeh wrote on Instagram.
Sounds good to us. Here are a few of our favourite Muslim Women’s Day posts from around the world…
#MuslimWomensDay . To all the beautiful hijabi’s mashallah pic.twitter.com/RorcoEMI2Z
— loser (@jailashae_) March 27, 2018
we are strong.
we are beautiful.
we are wise.
we are PEACEFUL.
It’s #MuslimWomensDay and here I stand for all my sisters. ☪️ pic.twitter.com/CTiNeIMFvA— كايلا (@BADCAY) March 27, 2018
Shoutout to my black hijabis on this #MuslimWomensDay ✨ pic.twitter.com/Bmx0OC4L3Z
— Black Girl Culture (@blkgirlculture) March 27, 2018
Looking good, ladies. This is the second Muslim Women’s Day, held on March 27.
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