#theunshamingproject
Is for women who believe that they are inferior and don’t deserve love and respect…
… and wonder why they feel so shamed?
Is for women who abandon their own sexuality…
… and wonder what they did to deserve this?
Is for women who continue accepting abuse in the name of honour
… and hope that Allah will reward them in the afterlife
What am I Offering?
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Why do I Care?


I care because I want our suffering to end…
It took me years to become aware of the shame that I felt in the slums of Karachi, Pakistan.
I suffered and I saw so many others suffer too: my aunties being beaten by their husbands; my girlfriends being abused, starved and beaten at the hand of their husbands and in-laws.
And society continued to ask women to accept this abuse.
They said “this is how an honourable woman must behave”
They said “you will get a reward in the afterlife”
I say that this is not what Allah would have wanted for us. I believe that Allah has created as magnificent women and we must embrace ourselves if we were to rise above this abuse.
From “Utter Anxiety and Fear” to “The Smile of Relief”
Transformed from utter anxiety and fear through to the smile of relief – sounds impossible, doesn’t it? But I have watched it happen so many times that I know that it is possible… Here is how