Our Stories, Our Resistance
Our Stories, Our Resistance is a podcast created by a group of Muslim girls from Tower Hamlets, where they talk about the struggles and the joys of being a teenage Muslim girl in the UK today. They share their experiences of what it’s like growing up in a world shaped by Islamophobia, racism, sexism and how they resist oppression through faith, creativity, friendship and humour.
Our Voices Uprising: Hidden Stories
Our Voices Uprising: Hidden Stories is a zine created by a group of Muslim girls in East London through our Muslim Girls Fence project. Inside, you’ll find poems, comics, chants, and stories that speak of resistance, grief, joy, and solidarity. Made in response to the silencing of young people in schools when speaking about Palestine, the zine is both a call to action and a space where the girls speak their truth and educate us about global struggles.
Centring Muslim Girls’ Mental Wellbeing in Schools
The film 'Centring Muslim Girls’ Mental Wellbeing in Schools' aims to help teachers reflect on what they can do in their practice, as well as the wider school, to allow Muslim girls to bring their whole selves.
Making Space for Healing
‘Making Space for Healing’ is a youth-led mental health resource for Muslim girls that offers tailored advice on how to improve wellbeing.
Hands Off Our Hijabs!
Hands Off Our Hijabs! was a student-led campaign co-created through our Muslim Girls Fence project to challenge uniform policies that prevented Muslim girls from wearing their hijabs during PE and dance lessons.
How do structural inequalities impact pupils’ mental health and wellbeing?
This report explores how racism, Islamophobia, and other structural inequalities affect young people’s mental health in schools. While mental health awareness is growing, the role of schools and other institutions in perpetuating harm towards racialised young people remains largely unaddressed.
Muslim Girls Fence
‘Muslim Girls Fence’ is a project by Maslaha and British Fencing, creating spaces for Muslim girls and women to challenge stereotypes through physical and creative expression.
Nobody’s Metaphor
Nobody’s Metaphor is a documentary made in 2018 that follows a group of school girls in North West London as they embark on the Muslim Girls Fence project, a unique and exciting project by Maslaha and British Fencing that brings together the sport of fencing, conversation and creativity.