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Sisterhood (Magazine)
sister-hood is an international platform for the voices of women of Muslim heritage founded in 2007 by Norwegians, Norwegian, film-maker and human rights activist Deeyah Khan through her media and arts production company Fuuse. sister-hood was relaunched in 2016 as a global online magazine and live events platform promoting the voices of women of Muslim heritage. Within six month of its relaunch as an online magazine, sister-hood won Espoke Living Best Website at the 2016 Asian Media Awards for highlighting female equality as well as creating awareness of issues affecting Muslim women. sister-hood magazine ambassadors include Farida Shaheed from Pakistan, Egyptian Mona Eltahawy, Palestinian Rula Jebreal, Leyla Hussein of Somali heritage and Algerian Marieme Helie Lucas. Goals The goals of sister-hood are to promote known and unknown women of Muslim heritage working for human rights, gender equality, freedom of expression, peace and social justice And to highlight women from his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deeyah Khan
Deeyah Khan (, , born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Deeyah is a two-time Emmy Award winner, two time Peabody Award winner, a BAFTA winner and has received the Royal Television Society award for Best Factual Director. She has made seven documentaries to date, all have been shown on ITV in the UK as part of its Exposure series. Her debut film as director and producer, '' Banaz: A Love Story'' (2012) about the honor killing of a British-Kurdish woman won an Emmy and a Peabody. Her second documentary, '' Jihad: A Story of the Others'', nominated for a BAFTA, Grierson and Monte-Carlo Television Festival involved two years interviewing Islamic extremists and convicted terrorists. Her 2017 documentary '' White Right: Meeting The Enemy'' was also Bafta-nominated and won an Emmy award for Best International Current Affairs Documentary and the Rory Peck Award for Best Current Affairs documentary in 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |