Nisa-Nashim
Nisa-Nashim, which takes its name from the Arabic and Hebrew words for "women", is an organization that brings British-based women and transwomen of Muslim and Jewish heritage together in order to interrogate issues of mutual interest and campaign against Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, sexism and other forms of prejudice and hate that particularly impact women and transwomen of these two heritage communities. It has a core emphasis on "intersectionality between gender and religion".[1]
History[edit]
Nisa-Nashim was founded by Laura Marks, OBE, and Julie Siddiqi in July 2015[1] and now works on a nation-wide basis through 24 regional and/or interest-centred groups, each co-chaired by a Muslim woman or trans-woman and a Jewish woman or transwoman.
Aims[edit]
The core focus of Nisa-Nashim consists of building friendships and networks between women and trans-women of Islamic and Jewish heritage and facilitating both their personal growth and social/political activism. The organization has monthly programming platforms in which women and transwomen from one heritage-community are introduced to core festivals and events of the other heritage-community, such as Iftars at Ramadhan, celebrations of Rosh Hashana, visits to mosques and synagogues, and days of mutually supportive social activism primarily focused around issues of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. In an increasingly febrile atmosphere of spiking hate-crime directed against both communities, Nisa-Nashim seeks to leverage the profound intellectual and ethical resources of the Muslim- and Jewish-heritage communities in order to realize a truly egalitarian, tolerant and mutually respectful nation at ease with and celebrative of its own rich religious and ethnic diversity.
External link[edit]
- Nisa-Nisha — official website for Nisa-Nashim
References[edit]
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2015 establishments in the United Kingdom
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