I’ve been wanting to write something about the rise in horrific acid attacks for some time but it’s just so difficult. The stories I read are heart-breaking. One particular story I read today is about an Iranian woman called Ameneh Bahrami, a victim of a vicious acid attack in 2004.
In all honesty though I don’t [...]

It was this article in The Observer that sparked my interest in From my Sister’s Lips, a book written by Na’ima B Robert as a ‘celebration of Muslim womanhood.’
Na’ima B. Robert is the daughter of a white South African father of Scottish descent and a black South African mother of Zulu descent. Born in [...]