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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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Modern women are often expected to balance child care with professional responsibilities. Alamy
Why are men 'polymaths' but women 'multitaskers'?

Next time you want to ask a woman how she 'manages to do it all', think again

CommentDecember 22, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
Children in Bishet Amer village, north of Cairo, Egypt, on July 10, 2023. Reuters
The simple idea behind a 'Muslim books gift list'

Stories can help change perceptions in society and help children feel part of a diverse world

CommentDecember 11, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
A pensioner couple in Dubai Marina. Retirement is a phase of life which energetic 'young elders' are determined to enjoy. Getty Images
If we have careers fairs, why not retirement fairs?

The post-work phase of life needs to be viewed differently, as a chance to shape a new way of living

CommentNovember 24, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
The Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall, London. The focal point for the UK's Remembrance Sunday events, a demonstration to call for a Gaza ceasefire planned for the same day has created a political storm. EPA
Remembrance should be a call for unity, not division

Arguments in the UK over a pro-Palestinian protest on Remembrance Sunday show we have lost sight of commemoration's true values

CommentNovember 10, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
A restaurant owner in Afghanistan with a bottle of Mecca Cola, launched as an alternative to Coca-Cola and other 'western' cola brands. Getty Images
There is a new front in the Israel-Gaza war: The marketplace

Millions of consumers are boycotting products or brands that they believe are fuelling the conflict

CommentNovember 06, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
Palestinian refugee Mahmoud Almansi, 79, in the West Bank refugee camp of Al Amari in 2021, where he has lived since the age of 13. A lifetime has passed since hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced out their homes in the Middle East war over Israel’s creation in 1948.
In 100 years, what will children have learnt from Palestine and Israel?

We need to be mindful of the choices we make today for how they will affect future generations

CommentOctober 19, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
A woman walks past advertising hoarding for the HS2 high-speed rail link in Birmingham, England on Wednesday. The project, originally announced in 2009, is behind schedule and over budget. EPA
Britain's railway troubles are a chance for self-reflection

It is time to address the self-delusion that fixates on imperial nostalgia and instead plot a course for international success in the future

CommentSeptember 28, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
Luis Rubiales with Spain's Jennifer Hermoso following Spain's World Cup final win over England. Reuters
Rubiales and a lesson in 'personal space'

Before Luis Rubiales resigned as Spanish football president over the controversial kiss, he blamed 'faux feminism', missing a crucial point

CommentSeptember 14, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
A young Prince Harry with this mother, Princess Diana, and brother Prince William looking out from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London. Diana is perhaps a modern day example of what happens when family cultures don't evolve. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
I celebrate my marriage anniversary in a way that surprises people

In a society that has many individual days – birthdays, father's day, mother's day – one that marks each family's unique culture is important too

CommentSeptember 01, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
Former fashion supermodel Christy Turlington Burns, in New York City, on April 07, 2022. Getty Images / AFP
Stop telling women they don't look their age

It may seem like a compliment but there is a flipside. Women shouldn't have to uphold societal beauty ideals to feel visible

CommentAugust 18, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
A portrait from 1953 of Reverend Milton Job, 90, a photograph from June 13 2008 of Queen Elizabeth II awarding him with an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) medal, and the MBE medal are seen on display at the Celestial Church of Christ, in South-East London, Britain, April 19, 2023. Job moved to the UK in 1961 from Nigeria. Reuters
Britain's empire shaped my life, but I was taught nothing about it

The UK's imperial past shaped my life, but I was taught nothing about it

CommentAugust 10, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
An installation titled 'Standing With Giants', depicting more than 100 life-sized British and Indian soldiers at Hampton Court Palace, London in 2021. Reuters
In the UK, there is only a superficial understanding of South Asian heritage

The stories we hear of the diaspora tend to be homogeneous, when in reality they are complex and ranging in experience

CommentJuly 31, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, Australia, June 10, 2022. Reuters
What makes a good leader? Girls can give us a clue

Women such as Jacinda Ardern, Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg point to a future with more evolved ideas of leadership

CommentJuly 07, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
ChatGPT doesn't seem to think Shah Rukh Khan is one of the most important actors in the world. AFP
Why AI can't recognise the talent of Bollywood actors

The revolutionary technology's problem is that it draws its knowledge from a very racist past

CommentJune 23, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
One of a new set of stamps released by Royal Mail marking the 75th Anniversary of the arrival of MV Empire Windrush to the UK on June 22, 1948. The original artwork was created by British black artist Kareen Cox. Royal Mail/PA Wire
The UK needs to know what it wants to be

Seventy-five years ago, Britain was changed forever by the NHS and the arrival of Caribbean immigrants on the Windrush. This modern and diverse country has no need for imperial nostalgia

CommentJune 16, 2023
Shelina Janmohamed
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