‘Often our viewpoint is given by those outside of the group and associated with negative connotations or images of oppression. The spending power of young Muslim women is beginning to start a trickle of representation, but we aren’t anywhere near mainstream markets for fashion, books or films.’
An article for Muslimah Media Watch by Shereen Malherbe.
Shereen Malherbe is a writer & author. Her novel, Jasmine Falling has been voted as one of the top 20 Best Books by Muslim women. Her second contemporary fiction novel, The Tower, was published by Beacon Books on April 2019. It is now used as academic set text in a US university. Her first children's book of her migrant children’s series, The Girl Who Slept Under The Moon is out now. The Girl Who Stitched the Stars is due out January 2022. Her upcoming Palestinian novel, The Land Beneath the Light is out soon. View more posts
