Defiant Sudanese women protesting empowers young Manawatū Muslims

Defiant Sudanese women protesters empower young Manawatū Muslims

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

The symbolic image of defiant Sudanese protesters is empowering young Muslim women in New Zealand.

Salma Abdalla and her friend Zoha Shuaib say the images of women protesting in Sudan, are a welcome counter to a frustrating stereotype – that Muslim women are submissive and oppressed by their faith. Continue reading

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