When talking about Muslim women, the common narrative is that we are oppressed, limited, restrained and restricted. It is unfortunate that this is how people have come to think of Muslim women. Since the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Muslim women have been running successful businesses, going into battle, learning and spreading knowledge, and doing so much more. 

There are numerous amazing Muslim women out there doing wonderful things even today. In fact, when trying to list a few amazing muslim women who shatter stereotypes, I found it incredibly hard to restrict myself to just a few. We have Muslim women who are athletes, like Ibtihaj Muhammad, Kulsoom Abdullah, Sania Mirza, Khadija Diggs, and Sarah Attar to name a few; and scientists like Dr. Hayat Sindi and Tahani Amir; politicians and activists like Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Linda Sarsour. 

There are so many Muslim women who shatter stereotypes, and achieve great things. In this list we talk about a few that may not be extremely popular, but are definitely extremely inspiring and doing wonderful things in their fields, showing us that there is nothing that Muslim women cannot do. 

Naima B. Robert

Naima B. Robert has authored over 20 books of fiction, a few of poetry, and a memoir and helps and encourages other Muslim women to become writers and tell their stories. She is the founder of Sisters Magazine, and she does all this all covered up! If she isn’t an example of a muslim woman breaking stereotypes, I don’t know who is!

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My favourite section of the bookshop: the children’s section! I have been writing children’s books for 20 years and, this year, my 20th book was published, alhamdulillah! Some of you may have read the book I wrote with @muftimenkofficial and wondered, ‘How does she do it?’ Well, all is about to be revealed 😁 You are ALL invited to my live Children’s Book Workshop next Thursday 15th of October at 9pm UK time. In that workshop, I will be sharing some insider secrets and the personal strategies that have allowed me to write books for toddlers, primary age and teens, fiction and nonfiction for several different publishers including @quartokids @franceslincolnpub @hachettebooks @mantralingua @kubepublishing and @littlehibba Sound interesting? Register for free via the link in my bio or bit.ly/childrensbookworkshop See you there, insha Allah!

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Asmaa Hussein

Asmaa Hussein is the author of over 6 children’s books, and 2 books for adults. She is the founder of Canada based publishing company ‘Ruqaya’s Bookshelf’ and she does this as she raises her daughter all by herself. She often talks about a hard time in her life, and the lessons she learnt in the process. The strength with which she has faced her struggles is extremely inspiring, and every word she writes stays with you.

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