Muslimah 101
As Muslims in general ,and Muslim women in particular , we exist in a system that's a totally different ballgame. I recently came across this article " How will you find a husband as an ambitious ,Muslim woman" and I just went, THIS!! ( Yeah I know I love myself too for being so expressive!) These are some lines quoted from the said article. " There’s this idea that when a woman gets married, she must be willing to forgo her career and ambition and take a step down or a step back. This idea frankly outrages me and what upsets me and needs to change is the fact that women are so accepting of it, largely out of fear and just putting it down to cultural norms. I’m not saying every woman should want to I’m just saying it should be a genuine choice." Working women with high aspirations are seen as disruptors to the whole story book nuclear family in particular to within the minority ethnic groups. But his point was really on the lines of if you’re an ove...