A Reflection of My Work [thread]: recently I realized I’ve been dominantly in my “masculine energy” most of my life and have had trouble truly embodying that feminine energy with this imbalance.
"Yeah, you look like a Chamari: Pyara Parivar"
Photographer: Simrah Farrukh @simrahfarrukh
Concept/Styling; Manu Kaur @meowingmanu
I put my heart into this and I love seeing my family look so soft and powerful 💙 Dalit Dreamlands art exhibition will be up until June 10!
It isn't progressive to tell women they can't cover up if they choose to; those who ban the hijab and those who force it are two sides of the same coin.
Three Muslim women for Dazed's front cover in protest of France's ban on hijabs and abayas. Need this edition in my hands now.
actually my politics are very simple: i love all my people and want everyone under occupation & state violence to find freedom. From Gaza to the West Bank, Kashmir, Flint, Sudan, the borders of Mexico and everywhere in between - all my people deserve liberation
Maryam is an Afghan child who lives next to my local markaz - I give her a little money whenever I go by on my walks and we chat for a few minutes. Today, Maryam let me know that her and her family were about to leave for Afghanistan before the police began to hurt them and make
it's so insensitive to bring pakistani flags to protests for palestine bc our own country is —and historically has been— complicit in genocide, ethnic cleansing, & displacing millions. don't add another oppressor to the mix. leave your misguided solidarity at home
Tale of Three Jewels (1995) dir. Michael Khleifi was the first feature film ever shot entirely in Gaza. This is such a soft and moving story and is one of many Palestinian films made available to stream for free online by the Palestine Film Institute
Faiz wrote Hum Jeetenge for Palestine, similar to Hum Dekhenge.
Yasser Arafat celebrated Faiz's birthday, calling the poet a great freedom fighter.
What does Palestine mean to you? Faiz was asked. “After all these years I spent with the Palestinians, I became one of them.”
fyi: the pakistani indie film scene is currently silently taking the world by storm. Queen of my Life screening at TIFF in Toronto. Jagg at the MFF in Perth. Catfish at Tasveer in Seattle.