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Wardah Abbas
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Jun 9, 2022

To Forge a Strong Sisterhood, Women Need to Hold Themselves Accountable

Friendships are not only about laughter, happy memories and good times. Friendships are so much more than that. — If women hold themselves to a higher standard and clearly communicate what is acceptable behaviour and what is not, we will begin to experience a strong sisterhood. Recall the last time you opened up to a friend, baring your soul and pouring out everything that was eating you up, only…

Female Friendships

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To Forge a Strong Sisterhood, Women Need to Hold Themselves Accountable
To Forge a Strong Sisterhood, Women Need to Hold Themselves Accountable
Female Friendships

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Feb 12, 2022

How to Build a Crazy Woman in Thirty Steps

And the Many Ways She Fights to Keep Herself Alive — Step 1: Single father meets coy girl and decides to give marriage another chance. Coy girl agrees. They get married. Step 3: They give birth to a daughter; chubby, cheerful and insanely beautiful. They call her Little girl. Step 4: Little girl is loved and cared for, but she soon…

Women

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How to Build a Crazy Woman in Thirty Steps
How to Build a Crazy Woman in Thirty Steps
Women

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Aug 20, 2021

The ‘Gender-Equity’ Catchphrase is Just Another Way of Gaslighting Women

There is no Equity without an Acknowledgement of Equality — I heaved a sigh of exasperation as I skimmed through an academic essay on the topic of women’s rights. The assertions made in the essay were enough to release the breath that I didn’t know I was holding. My brain needed the time to process what I had read. So…

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The ‘Gender-Equity’ Catchphrase is Just Another Way of Gaslighting Women
The ‘Gender-Equity’ Catchphrase is Just Another Way of Gaslighting Women

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Aug 20, 2021

What Has Nudity Got to do With Body Positivity?

This May Be the Right Time to Turn Towards Body Neutrality — Once, we all dreamed of a world where women are appreciated for their minds rather than their bodies. We looked forward to a time when women’s bodies would cease to be objectified, hypersexualised and fetishised. We lamented the ills of capitalism and the exploitation of women. However, the recent proliferation…

Body Positive

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What Has Nudity Got to do With Body Positivity?
What Has Nudity Got to do With Body Positivity?
Body Positive

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Jun 19, 2021

Sex, Feminism and Romance: What Muslim Women Can Learn from Netflix’s Bridgerton

Bridgerton is a Modern Feminist Critique of the Past — We’ve all seen or heard about ‘Bridgerton’ — the Netflix regency style romance TV show which is an adaptation of Julia Quinn’s eight-part book series. “Bridgerton” took the world by surprise with its intense modern spin on a 19th century period drama. Underneath the show’s extravagant portrayal of Victorian aristocratic…

Bridgerton

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Sex, Feminism and Romance: What Muslim Women Can Learn from Netflix’s Bridgerton
Sex, Feminism and Romance: What Muslim Women Can Learn from Netflix’s Bridgerton
Bridgerton

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May 24, 2021

No, Mahr Does Not Make Women the Object of a Transactional Marital Relationship

Where Women are Economically Disadvantaged, Mahr Provides Freedom Against Economic Dependence — “I did not pay her Mahr just for her to turn around and challenge my authority.” a man blurted out to my hearing for the umpteenth time and I knew that this was a topic I couldn’t put aside anymore. For some time now, I’ve found myself in circles where…

Money

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No, Mahr Does Not Make Women the Object of a Transactional Marital Relationship
No, Mahr Does Not Make Women the Object of a Transactional Marital Relationship
Money

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Mar 25, 2021

Love Letters to the Women Before Me

Women’s History Month Means Celebrating the Greatness of my Predecessors — Dear Memuna, My maternal great grandmother. I can feel your blood running through my veins. You departed this world just a year after I was born, before my mind became mature enough to remember your face. But I’ve heard stories of you; stories that make my heart swell at the privilege of…

Womens History Month

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Love Letters to the Women Before Me
Love Letters to the Women Before Me
Womens History Month

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The Hearth

·Mar 8, 2021

Stashing My Phone Helped to Improve My Productivity and Wellness

Here’s How I Did It. — I couldn’t understand what was wrong with me. I used to be so focused and productive. I would write a to-do list and smash almost all the items on my list. Those were the glorious days when it felt like I was not just a dreamer but a doer. As…

Technology

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Stashing My Phone Helped to Improve My Productivity and Wellness
Stashing My Phone Helped to Improve My Productivity and Wellness
Technology

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An Injustice!

·Mar 3, 2021

What You Need to Know About Internalized Colourism

The Often Painful Stereotypes of Colourism are Linked to Racism — My mother showed me pictures of my great-grandmother. She was a smart, petite woman with skin the shade of a walnut. I saw admiration in the eyes of everyone who talked about her. They spoke of her sass, her affluence, and how she raised her middle finger when the world…

Colorism

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What You Need to Know About Internalized Colourism
What You Need to Know About Internalized Colourism
Colorism

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The Shadow

·Feb 28, 2021

On Female Friendship and Solidarity: Why You Don’t Need a “Pick-Me” Friend

Her Desire to be Picked May Cause You Great Harm — Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse It’s 10 pm. I’m doing my usual bedtime reading just before my eyes get heavy and my hands get light enough to drop the book without me even noticing that I did. I’m drawn into the story of Carole, the fourth character in Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl…

Women

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On Female Friendship and Solidarity: Why You Don’t Need a “Pick-Me” Friend
On Female Friendship and Solidarity: Why You Don’t Need a “Pick-Me” Friend
Women

6 min read

Wardah Abbas

Wardah Abbas

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Founding Editor, The Muslim Women Times. I write about Gender, Culture, Equality and Islam | Visit our Website at https://www.themuslimwomentimes.com

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