Shaistha Khan
Bio:
Shaistha Khan is a freelance culture writer who writes on Saudi Arabia, the wider Gulf region, and South Asia. Her work has appeared in Shondaland, Teen Vogue, Travel + Leisure, Harpers Bazaar Arabia, The National UAE, and more.
“The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium” is a project that uses women's artwork to offer an alternative narrative to colonial-era postcards that framed MENA women as “exotic.”
Across South Asia, women praying in mosques is considered a taboo, but a group of Muslim women from all across India are working to challenge those biases and increase women’s access to mosques.
As Saudi Arabia’s film industry expands, women see new opportunities.
The first-of-its-kind show highlights the experiences of women in West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia while examining the intersectionalities of race, migration, and class.
Demands to address gender-based violence have escalated after a social media movement and a brutal murder.
The exhibit coincides with the #LanAsket (“I will not be silenced”) movement against gender-based violence and harassment.
