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Shelina Janmohamed

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Shelina Janmohamed is an author and a culture columnist for The National.
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Teacher Wendy Couldridge teaches her class online from her home as the country starts a lockdown, in Hertford, Britain, January 6. Reuters
As Covid-19 hits schools, consider where you'd be without teachers

Educators worldwide have seen their profession upended by the pandemic

CommentJanuary 14, 2021
Shelina Janmohamed
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has broken the glass ceiling. But she doesn't deserve any more scrutiny than a normal politician does. AFP
Scrutiny of Kamala Harris shouldn't be based on her identity
CommentDecember 30, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Shoppers wear a face masks at the Burlington Arcade in London, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Britain's government has imposed new restrictions across many regions, in an effort to restrict the spread of the new mutant coronavirus variant during Christmas festivities. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Despite a low-key Christmas, there are blessings to count

Finding joy in each other is surely also a cause for celebration

CommentDecember 24, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has bolstered New Zealand's reputation with her handling of the pandemic. AFP
How countries reshaped their reputations during Covid-19

National responses to the pandemic ranged from jingoism to calling for global unity

CommentDecember 12, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Hijabi model Halima Aden closes Modanisa Modest Fashion Week last year. In a time of Covid-19, we must ask ourselves what 'modesty' should entail. Rooful Ali
It's time to broaden the scope of modest fashion

Covid-19 has given the sector time to reflect on its evolving identity

CommentNovember 28, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
It is going to be a Christmas with a difference in the UK this year. Getty Images
Lessons Muslims could offer ahead of 'Covid Christmas'

The silver lining of religious occasions amid a pandemic is the ability to reconnect with the 'true' meaning of the holidays

CommentNovember 05, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
An ultra-Orthodox family passing next to sukkah (hut) during the Sukkot holiday, the Feast of the Tabernacles, in the ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel, October 7. Atef Safadi / EPA
I have to raise kids, shield parents and make ends meet

The 'sandwich generation' is being hit by the pandemic, with little help available

CommentOctober 13, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
No single community is immune to racism and its effects. AFP
Other people of colour have much to learn from the black community

As Black History Month begins in Europe, immigrant communities should join in the wider process of self-reflection

CommentOctober 01, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Huda Kattan stars in the second episode of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s new six-part Quibi series, 'About Face'. Quibi
Lipstick and the pandemic: how women are owning their self-image

Women have bucked the lipstick index. If you're staying home, who needs lipstick and makeup?

CommentSeptember 17, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Members of staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Daniel Leal-Olivas/ AFP
Minority communities are bearing an unfair brunt of Covid-19

The UK's lockdown policies affect Bame sections of society disproportionately

CommentSeptember 03, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Zac Efron in a still from the documentary series Down To Earth With Zac Efron. Courtesy Netflix
Tell the boys that wearing a mask does not undermine their masculinity

The pressures of body image on boys set in very young

CommentSeptember 03, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Students of the eleventh grade sit with face masks in a classroom of the Phoenix high school in Dortmund, western Germany, on August 12. Ina Fassbender/ AFP
A-Levels: 'We all know inequality and bias when we see it'

Some pupils are plagued unfairly with disadvantage as they go through the school system

CommentAugust 22, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Worshippers walk around the sacred Kaaba in Makkah's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic on April 3. AFP
Minimalist Hajj this year will truly be a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage

The most important thing the Saudi authorities have done is to find a way to keep Hajj going

CommentJuly 26, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Customers at a tea room in Soho, London, UK, July 04. EPA
Hashtag solidarity won't cut it for brands

The public's expectations of what constitutes real progress in the corporate world are changing

CommentJuly 09, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
The statue of former British prime minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, central London on June 18, after protective boxing was removed in time for the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron. The statue was controversially boxed up during anti-racism protests. Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP
Schools in the UK need to wake up and teach pupils the history of the British Empire

There is the odd mention of Gandhi and the abolition of slavery, but not in a way that shows what Britain used to be

CommentJune 25, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
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