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Shelina Janmohamed

Shelina Janmohamed

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Shelina Janmohamed is an author and a culture columnist for The National.
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At a protest against police brutality on June 9 in New York City. Angela Weiss / AFP
Racism and beauty standards: fair skin has nothing to do with being lovely

Racist undertones are still pervasive in popular conversations about beauty

CommentJune 11, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Members of the Muslim community attend the opening of the first mosque built on the Western Isles on May 11, 2018, Stornoway, Scotland. The former derelict building was converted into the UK's most northern mosque. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty
A British mosque is testing the boundaries of Covid-era group prayer

Although most UK mosques are happy to abide by lockdown rules, one is asking the High Court for permission to re-open

OpinionMay 29, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
A man holds a prayer bead as he reads the holy Koran at a mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, in Sana'a, Yemen, 08 May 2020. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in Koran was during its last 10 nights. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
Believers of all faiths unite today in prayer

Pope Francis called on “believers of all faiths” to unite in the day of fasting and prayer to ask “God to help humankind overcome the coronavirus pandemic.”

CommentMay 14, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Volunteers in Dubai prepare iftar meals for blue-collar workers during Ramadan, on April 28, 2020. AFP
BYOI: bring your own iftar

The pandemic has transformed many aspects of the holy month, but we can preserve and even amplify the most meaningful parts

CommentMay 01, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
TOPSHOT - Members of the Palestinian al-Yaqoubi family gather around a table during the novel coronavirus lockdown, to make lanterns to sell ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 15, 2020. / AFP / SAID KHATIB
Facing the trials of this pandemic is what Ramadan is all about

If you're afraid that lockdowns and isolation will dampen Ramadan, just remember that sacrifice and discipline are at the core of this holy month

OpinionApril 16, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Clap For Our Carers campaign, London, March 2020. Getty
No vaccine yet for Covid-19 but let's fight the despair with kindness

Among the devastation the virus brings are fear and loneliness, against which humanity is our biggest weapon

CommentApril 02, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
A man walks in front of the empty Al Serkal Mosque, as Cambodian authorities has banned religious gatherings to contain the spread of Covid-19. AFP
Amid coronavirus, how spirituality can still be relevant

Religious institutions have a chance to reinvent their message, and use new technologies, to reach out to an audience spending more time on introspection

CommentMarch 19, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Would a stereotypical Muslim male look like Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, or Riz Ahmed, or Jermaine Jackson? AP Photo
What should a typical Muslim male look like?

Why the Ryanair chief executive's suggestion that Muslim men be made to undergo more strenuous security checks at airports is impractical, racist and dangerous

CommentMarch 05, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
An Iraqi lady prepares a New Year's Eve meal in her kitchen as other family members watch television in the living room, at their home in an apartment block in the Al Sadun district of Baghdad, 31 December 2005. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP
New #TradWife movement undercuts feminist gains

Feminists say that everything they have fought for is being thrown away while #TradWives assert their choice to stay at home and submit to husbands like it is 1959

CommentFebruary 13, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Some food traders in Dubai have been given the go-ahead to resume operations before Ramadan. Jaime Puebla / The National
The place for Halal vegan products in a Muslim household

Veganism might not be for all Muslims, but the zeal of its proponents will still benefit the wider Muslim community

CommentFebruary 06, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
We need to focus on how we structure healthy communities in the future - even in space. Wam
Soon women will also be from Mars: why space missions should address gender imbalance quickly

Our aspiration for space travel and extra-terrestrial human existence should not be built around only male bodies, attitudes and privilege

CommentJanuary 30, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince William, Catherine, Prince Harry and Meghan arrive at St Mary Magdalene's church in eastern England. Reuters
On the Harry and Meghan story, the UK's public cannot have it both ways

People yearn for a monarchy that represents a modern nation yet they do not want it to lead by example

CommentJanuary 28, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
Shoppers in Budapest, Hungary. Akos Stiller / Bloomberg
In Hungary, women won't pay tax if they have four or more children but this is dangerous

With a declining population, the prime minister Viktor Orban has declared fertility a matter of strategic importance for the country

CommentJanuary 18, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
While superheroes are considered as much, real-life characters such as Greta Thunberg are heroes to come and villains to others. EPA
Not just for Spider-Man – with great power comes great responsibility for us ordinary humans, too

Beyond getting lost in movies and comic books, we must learn to identify and support the heroes in our midst – and possibly even become one

CommentJanuary 09, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
The issue the man behind the #TurnArdern campaign has with Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand prime minister, seems to be that she gets too much publicity. AFP
Attempts are on to airbrush Jacinda Ardern out of history – because she is a woman

History is replete with examples of powerful female figures being cut out from its annals or being ignored

CommentJanuary 02, 2020
Shelina Janmohamed
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