Recently, a friend submitted the following text to be published on Kandaka: One of the familiar feelings that British people of colour (especially black people) experience is the feeling of being visibly different: otherised. The recent group trip to Paris that I partook in, to work with refugees, was no exception to this sentiment. We…
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“Islam has ended homosexual practices, not homoerotic sentiment” – Homoeroticism and homosexuality in Islam, Sabine Schmidtke In this paper, the relationship between homoeroticism and homophobia in Muslim countries will be explained while mainly focusing on Egypt, through mentioning a brief introduction about Egypt’s history and the rise of Islam, and reflecting the differences between the past…
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Mohini Can Scream Mohini woke up ten minutes before her alarm. On a normal morning, bombarded with images of the day’s to-do-list, she would have risen by instinct, deactivating her alarm prematurely and shrinking her every movement to not disturb her Sleeping Working Husband. But this morning even began different. Anand’s snoring had crystallised overnight…
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Why does it matter to specifically label our feminism? Because different feminisms imagine different peace, and in our opinion most of the mainstream feminist visions are neither egalitarian nor liberatory for more than a few privileged people. Feminism is widely understood to be a movement that arose in what many refer to as the west…
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We are finally releasing the trailer of our film “Because I am a Belly Dancer.”
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My sexual preference wasn’t something I allowed myself to realise or explore until I turned seventeen. Nevertheless, my attraction to women was something I accepted relatively easily and within a couple of months of silently voicing the fact to myself, I found myself coming out to my friends. It wasn’t until a year later, having…
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BECAUSE I AM A BELLY DANCER Rina loves and lives belly dance, a traditional Egyptian form of expression proudly celebrated in Arabic cinema and culture. However in Egypt’s conservative society dominated by men, the public loves belly dance as a folk and social dance as well as performance art, while at the same time shaming…
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Who am I? Who am I to myself and who am I to others? Does their opinion mold and influence who I am? A few questions that have crossed and constantly cross my mind. Well, I am a son, a brother, a student, a lover and more, but who is really me? I’ve struggled, like many…
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This essay will challenge the question arguing that gender issues should be inherent in all fields and thus we should avoid discussing gender dynamics as a distinct discourse impacting the Arab revolts. Instead, we can discuss the impact of activist individuals or groups in the Arab revolts that consider gender dynamics. Women are an integral…
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1 Learn from art; make art Your creativity is your safe space. Your room is your refuge; your pictures, your drawings, your books, your music and your writings are your tools for self-therapy. Be inspired both by yourself and other women. Share their strength, learn from them and learn from and about yourself. Listen to…
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