Gender and Feminism

An Essay by Avan Omar

Mirza Ghalib Versus Emily Dickinson The Attitudes Toward Love By Zhiwar Jawhar There is a well-established argument: arts come from ideas about life. The material embodiment of life goads us to form our concepts of such corporeality.…

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story,” By Avan Omar The statement above was made by Chimamanda Ngozi…

By Donya Taher The New Delhi Supreme Court reaches a historical decision that will change many Muslim women’s future in India. The New Delhi Supreme Court suspends “triple talaq” divorce law and declares the practise as unconstitutional.…

Nask Saeed Sex work, commonly known as prostitution, typically demands a variety of interpretations concerning its meaning. One of the most common definitions that most of us would probably recognise is: ‘legalising and regulating sexual…

By Houzan Mahmoud In light of Donald Trump’s controversial inauguration as 45th president of the US, women recently organised themselves into a series of marches in order to show their power and political will. As many of us feminists know,…

On the 27th of August 2016 an exhibition by artist Sahira Ismail entitled ‘a house made of Rags’ was launched. Hosted at the museum of Sulaymania, the exhibition contained fourteen unique abstract works of art typically collage in form and…

Lanja Khawe is a lawyer,  23 years old, born in the City of Sulaymani, and is one of the cofounders of the girls-only group ‘Sofia’. In a special interview with Culture Project, Lanja Khawe speaks about her ideas, dreams, and obstacles that…

Avan Omar My career as an artist began once I started drawing, and I soon came to understand the importance of my being metamorphosing into some form of physical act. However, working within the confines of my own art atelier in my home,…

Nabaz Samad Written in 2014 Dear Khanda, today (14/4/2014) is the 26th anniversary of the Anfal Campaign (Genocide). In February 1988 the Anfal (meaning ''spoils of war'') campaign as the final solution of the Kurdish question in Iraq was…

Lawin Baxtyar For a long time, women’s power, wisdom and talents have been undermined, mocked and depreciated. There is a force that has always stood against women expressing their opinions, their capabilities and their total beauty. In…

Nask Saeed The concept (or rather cultural practice) of so-called "honour killings" against women has its roots in the belief that women, unlike men, are mere objects and commodities. Indeed, its roots are buried in an idea that women are…

Zhiwar Jawhar The society in which we live has been shaped by fairy tales and historical, mythical, and religious stories. These fairy tales and stories reinforce stereotypes, and these stereotypes often substantiate and even engender…

Nabaz Samad There is a strong relationship between thought and language. Spoken and written words are symbols for our thoughts. Language is not merely a tool to communicate with each other in our daily lives, language is, rather, much more.…