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Editorial
Hanifa Deen
Caught between a rock and a hard place. …Fed up talking
about the burqa, yet ending up on the same old treadmill…
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| SOCIETY |
All
Quiet on the Burqa Front
Ruby Hamad
On April 11 of this year, France’s
controversial ban on face coverings came into effect. Whilst the ''visage
decouvert'' (uncovered
faces) law doesn’t specifically mention religious garb, it is widely recognised
’...
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A
Feminist Perspective
Yasmin Khan
Dr Wadud makes no apologies for
Bin Laden's actions because in her eyes he doesn't represent 'her Islam' nor
does she celebrate his life or mourn his death. She is critical, however, of...
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A Slut
By Any Other Name...
Shakira Hussain
Recent news stories about women
asserting their entitlement to wear what they choose in
public provided diametrically opposed imagery.
On the one hand, we had Slutwalk...
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Come Hijab or High Water
- Expressing
Fashion
Dakhylina Madkul
If you are a woman who dresses “in a way that satisfies
your spiritual and stylistic requirements for reasons of faith, religion or
personal preference,” then you happen to be ‘Modest Dressing,’...
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| EYE
WITNESS |
Writing in Ramallah
Randa Abdel-Fattah
It had been 11 years since my last visit to
Palestine....
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No
Disrespect
Najiyah Khan
On the first weekend of May an
art exhibition was held in Newtown, a trendy inner city suburb of Sydney
famously irreverent to the mainstream....
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SO
YOU WANNA
BE A WRITER?
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Insider
Tips
Amra Pajalic
Author of The
Good Daughter, continues her tips for breaking into the world of writing...in this article, it’s all about submitting your
manuscript.
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ARTS/MEDIA
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Featured
Artist: Gulay Pelin
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Book Reviews - Guest Reviewer: Fattimah Intoual
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Book Reviews
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Guest Reviewer:
Anne Aly
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Sultana
Party
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| EVENTS |
Turkish
Weekend at Tesselaar Tulip Festival
(17-18
September, 2011)
Did
you know that the tulip originated in Turkey? Turkish Weekend at
Tesselaar’s is a celebration of the
origin of the tulip and a showcase of Turkish culture.
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Journey
To Mecca - In the Steps of Ibn Battuta
(from
16 August, 2011)
The
award winning docu-drama
Journey to Mecca
has won Le Prix Du Public (Most Popular Film) at Le Géode Film
Festival, Paris 2009 and a prize at...
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Run
4 Refugees
(9
October, 2011)
This is the
Centre’s big fundraiser for the year and they
desperately need your support. The ASRC is facing
the toughest of times with...
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Melbourne
Muslim Festival
(16
October, 2011)
The 2011 Melbourne Muslim Festival weaves
together the many threads of culture, songs and dreams
that are unfolding...
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- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS -
September 2011 Issue
- HUMOUR -
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NEXT EDITION -
In
Issue 3 due out in early 2012, we want to put ‘ family’
under the spotlight: the good, the bad and the ugly e.g.
we’ll look at Generation Y Muslims, intergenerational
conflict, marriage and divorce—we might boldly comment on
the current hysteria surrounding the “supposed”
introduction of Sharia law in Australia, which is news to most
of us at Sultana’s Dream!
Come
what may, our aim is to introduce some sanity, sense (and humour)
into family- related topics.
Climb
aboard in 2012 and do remember that you can now subscribe to
us directly.
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