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Shelina Janmohamed

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Shelina Janmohamed is an author and a culture columnist for The National.
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Jacinda Ardern holds her baby Neve after speaking at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York. Reuters/Carlo Allegri
Jacinda Ardern is a model for all working mothers

By taking her daughter to a United Nations General Assembly meeting, the prime minister of New Zealand sent a powerful message on behalf of women everywhere

CommentSeptember 27, 2018
Riz Ahmed, pictured in a scene from The Sisters Brothers, has spoken powerfully about the on-screen representation of Muslims. AP/Magali Bragard/Annapurna
It's time filmmakers cast their lenses on real Muslim stories

Typecasting actors as terrorist and villains stifles talent, alienates a huge audience and fails the Riz Test

CommentSeptember 20, 2018
Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin was crowned Miss America 2019 in the pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
Beauty contests are no longer just about world peace – but do they go far enough in empowering women?

They still boil down to just one thing: scoring women. And the crux of it is scoring women in a line-up to determine who is the most pleasing

CommentSeptember 13, 2018
Steve Bannon has been dropped by The New Yorker Festival. J Scott Applewhite / AP
Steve Bannon shouldn't be given a platform. Those who bear the scars of racism should

By inviting him to speak at three different events, organisers have failed to see the dangers of mainstreaming horrific views with potentially catastrophic consequences

CommentSeptember 06, 2018
The UAE is planning to send four Emirati astronauts into space by 2021. Courtesy Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future
Comment: the dilemmas awaiting Muslims in space

The first Emirati astronauts will need to dig deep into their theology during their interstellar adventures, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentSeptember 03, 2018
Hundreds of Costa Ricans attend a demonstration held to show support for Nicaraguan immigrants, in San Juan, Costa Rica on August 25. Jeffrey Arguedas / EPA
It's time to take back control from the xenophobes

A proud hatred of the other has emerged across the world. We must not be complacent that this hiccup will pass

CommentAugust 30, 2018
UK chef Jamie Oliver. Randi Sokoloff / The National
Why Jamie Oliver's jerk rice debate is far more insidious than it seems

Through appropriation, the powerful profit from the very cultures they malign, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentAugust 24, 2018
Boris Johnson blames UK government that he was part of until July for Brexit failings. AFP
It is none of Boris Johnson’s business what any woman wears

This is not about the burqa, but about the vilification of Muslims for political gain, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentAugust 09, 2018
Muslim women visit the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi on the day India banned the triple talaq. Prakash Singh / AFP
Why is it down to secular courts to protect Muslim women in divorce?

This week's High Court ruling in the UK highlights the failure of some spiritual leaders to protect the sanctity of marriage, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentAugust 02, 2018
Sondos Al Qattan prompted a backlash with her comments on social media. Sondos Al Qattan / Instagram
Dear Sondos Al Qattan: Please don't hide behind your hijab

Building your own 'liberation' on the backs of others is not a form of empowerment

CommentJuly 26, 2018
Serena Williams returns a ball to Angelique Kerber in the women's singles final match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London, Saturday July 14, 2018. John Walton / AP
Serena Williams gives us 36 reasons to recalibrate our ideas of age and motherhood

In Hollywood, sport and beyond, ageist and sexist notions of womanhood need to be stamped out, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentJuly 19, 2018
Netherlands' forward Lieke Martens heads the ball during the Uefa Women's Euro 2017 football match between Belgium and the Netherlands at Stadium Koning Wilhelm II in Tilburg on July 24, 2017. TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP
This week a group of online trolls tried to drive me from public life. I won't let them win

Hate is designed to exhaust our energy in tackling aggression, rather than devoting it to controlling our own lives and futures, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentJuly 12, 2018
Jarrod Ramos had allegedly harassed the staff of the Capital Gazette newspaper for years, but was never charged. AP Photo/Brian Witte
Today too many men are migrating to the dark side

Violence is the choice of men who believe they are owed something by women, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentJuly 05, 2018
Worshippers pray at the Grand Mosque in Makkah before to the start of the Hajj pilgrimage in 2017. Karim Sahib / AFP
Make your selfies the souvenir, not the experience, at this year's Hajj

If the pilgrims of today and tomorrow are committed to the small screen, maybe we ought to make some allowances for it, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentJune 28, 2018
People attend a #MeToo protest on International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea, in March. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
Poor treatment of women in the UK calls for a rethink in the split between public and private

The vile phenomenon of 'upskirting' has sparked a debate around female bodily autonomy in the UK, writes Shelina Janmohamed

CommentJune 21, 2018
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