Norhayati Kaprawi, or Yati, is a Muslim artist-activist and a filmmaker, having created many animations and documentaries that offer social messages on matters which concern her. She takes it upon herself to screen her films at university campuses and independent…
Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
An interview with Yante Ismail, a feminist artist from Malaysia. Her art portrays issues broadly related to human rights, with an emphasis on…
Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
An interview with Ani Zonneveld, a Malaysian-American singer, songwriter, activist and writer based in Los Angeles. She is the first Malaysian person to…
Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
An interview with Faizati, whose comics are famously known for their humour and social commentary. In our interview with the cartoonist, she talks about…
Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
An interview with Wani Ardy, accompanied by her bandmates Acap and Suki, where they talked about the catharsis and healing that writing music brings…
Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
A performance by Sheena Baharudin, “The Uncrooked Line” is a piece of multimedia poetry created for Musawah’s Global Conference. Sheena is a published poet,…
Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
An interview with Felukah, accompanied by the song and animated video “Mesh Hastanna“, for which Felukah wrote and sang the…
The boundaries between some key terms such as Shariʿah, fiqh and Islamic law are often blurred and confused in everyday language. This confusion contributes to gender inequality in modern family laws in ways that are detrimental to women. Attempts to…
Reform is often resisted on the grounds that Muslim family laws are divine and thus not open to change. Yet in reality change and reform have been inherent in Muslim legal tradition.
Reform is often resisted on the grounds that…
The boundaries between some key terms such as Shariʿah, fiqh and Islamic law are often blurred and confused in everyday language. This confusion contributes to gender inequality in modern family laws in ways that are detrimental to women. Attempts to…