DOROTHY’S HIJAB JIMMY BANGASH The twenty-first century belongs to women of Muslim heritage. This hundred years will see them claim their rightful place within the world. Fuelled with unrelenting strength and honed by unwavering resilience they shall destroy Islamic patriarchy. Everywhere, men who were indoctrinated with the belief that women should be controlled will begin to reconnect with the injustice they felt as children, when they witnessed their sisters being caged.
The Gathering Waters Two robed elderly men sit upon a high cliff looking out to sea, rainclouds dismissed, a rainbow heralds sunshine across the land beneath a bright blue sky. Grey beards fall over plain robes rippling gently in the wind. ‘Is it so, Noah?’ Abraham asks in an angry tone, legs crossed beneath him. ‘See there,’ Noah contemplatively points at the beach far below, perched on the edge, calves resting on the cliff face ‘the waters are receding. For years now the tide does not come in.’ Abraham turns to face him sensing there is something more. ‘But more than this, I hear her in the winds. The mother has 85
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