I've recently been listening to Sha-Key's 1994 album, a head nadda's journey to adidi skizm in my car and it's made me wonder what Sha-Key (aka Hanifah Walidah) has been up to lately. One of her more interesting projects in the works is a documentary film named Azizah ("my powerful beloved") which looks at the lives of Black American lesbians who were raised as Muslims. Definitely food for thought.
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Interesting... not sure what to say though... so I'll comment on the singing of Mali's Oumou Sangare heard looping in the back, I guess there's a connection since Oumou is big on woman's rights in society, though I don't think she ever touch on the topic of the documentary.
Looks very interesting to concur with Ben. Hopefully it will create some dialogue within families and communities.
I was a bit sad to see the sister in the green asserting that there is no sexuality in Islam or that the sense that one is a sexual being is negated. I am the first to admit as a woman that we have a long way to go in thinking about sex in a way that affirms a woman's choice and body. Yet, I believe there is a foundation within Islam that can allow us to do this type of work.
YET, without being defensive it might be easier for me to SEE this sexuality or sensuality as a heterosexual woman who outwardly conforms to Islamic norms by being married to a man, wearing hijab and not being silenced or ostracized in the community.
I work in a field where my understanding and practice of sexuality is not the norm and is often conceived of as archaic, anti-woman and patriarchal. Of course, I disagree.
The larger point I think is that in the Islamic mainstream (if there is one) the way in which sexuality and sensuality is channeled is along a specific path that excludes the women who are in this film-so it is very interesting to see that they are speaking about these issues.
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