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Foregrounding marginalised voices
Natasha Kalantar is an 18-year-old Iranian writer. Passionate about feminism, addressing inequality, mental illness, music, superheroes and shouting her opinion from every rooftop. She wants to be everything from a UN speaker for the unheard voices of gender violence in the Congo to the Minister of UK education. Aims to save the world because what’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? She blogs at Write Me Into History Books (natashakalantar.wordpress.com). You can find her on Twitter: @NatashaKalantar. She helps with the @WritersofColour Twitter account and with Media Diversified.
by Natasha Kalantar Some local cultural practices (such as wearing a headscarf) have become linked, in the popular mind, to the articles of faith of Islam. Has the world’s general idea of the Islamic faith focused too much on tradition, and not enough on core beliefs? Asma.S@Asooom_S Mustafa Akyol: Faith versus tradition in Islam http://www.ted.com/talks/mustafa_akyol_faith_versus_tradition_in_islam.html… Read More
Author Katherine Engels waxes lyrical about structural inequalities in the media, gender, dinosaurs & Radio 4 by Samantha Asumadu & Natasha Kalantar Katherine Angel@KayEngels Women make up only 20% of solo radio broadcasters. I’m not surprised, but I’m depressed. via @guardian bit.ly/15AfuO8 Piers Morgan@piersmorgan And 0% of all @Guardian editors in history > RT @lisaocarroll… Read More
by Natasha Kalantar Cemeteries are, as a general rule, places where people go to pay their respects to their loved ones. Places of burial and reverence. Cemeteries are not places to disrespect people you never knew based on what race or nationality you think they are. Gravestones in a Newport cemetery in Wales have been… Read More
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