Muslim Women with a Voice
By Laeeqa Saloojee I can’t quite remember when was the first time I experienced the stigma associated with mental health. At the time, I probably also believed the misconception that depression, anxiety and other mental health illnesses should be non-existent in the life of a deeni-conscious, young female. Fast-forward almost four years later and I…
An opinion piece By Nadia Cassim Does the title of this article upset you? If you are a feminist, it definitely will tick you off, but just hear me out before jumping to any assumptions on the content of this article. Anyone who knows me well knows how passionate I am about the rights…
By Advocate Shabnam Mayet About the author: Advocate Shabnam Mayet is the founder member of Protect the Rohingya . She has just returned from a visit to Cox Bazaar Bangladesh, where almost 600 thousand refugees have been housed in makeshift camps after fleeing the atrocious massacre by the Burmese Military and The Buddhist .…
By Quraysha Ismail Sooliman PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law University of Pretoria …but the work of man is only just beginning and it remains to man to conquer all the violence entrenched in the recesses of his passion And no race possesses the monopoly of beauty, of intelligence, of force, and there is a…
By Fatima Haffejee Muslim’s have inadvertently become accustomed to condemning the cruelty of their so-called fellow brethren. The ‘not in my name’ campaign is one such example, almost as if we feel personally responsible for the atrocities committed in the name of Islam. It’s either that or having to persistently deal with ignorant remarks…
By Doctor Sumayya Ebrahim Fibroids are the commonest benign or non cancerous gynaecological tumours that occur on the uterus. They are also called uterine myomas or leiomyomata. They originate from the muscle layer of this organ. INCIDENCE As many as 1 in 5 women may have fibroids during their childbearing years (from…
By Nadia Cassim When Former Chief Rabbi Paul Vallely wrote an article for The Independent¹ earlier this year in which he stated that Christians are the world’s most persecuted people, with an emphasis on the much celebrated story of a Christian woman living in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan- who was sentenced to death for…
By the “Social Worker” DEPRESSION Feelings of sadness or downswings in mood are normal reactions to life’s difficulties, but depression is much more than just sadness. It is a serious illness that involves the brain. SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION INCLUDE: Sleep disturbances. That is when you cannot sleep or you sleep too much. Concentration- you cannot…
By Jamila Cassim Karolia The present conflict of Israel and Palestine must be examined in its historical context and also against the background of the ideology of “Zionism”. Is this concept supported and endorsed by all Jews? How was the coming into being of an Israeli State and is there any justification to the…
By Fatima Haffejee To say that I have been glued to the carnage underway in Gaza is putting it mildly. I’ve spent every free minute either reading up tweets, facebook updates and links that I selectively click on all in relation to the sufferings endured by thousands of Palestinians.Bits of the world cup settling…