{"id":5307,"date":"2011-07-05T12:25:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T12:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/07\/05\/muslim-women-urged-to-share-their-stories-for-new-exhibition\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:02:08","slug":"muslim-women-urged-to-share-their-stories-for-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/05\/muslim-women-urged-to-share-their-stories-for-new-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Women urged to share their stories for new exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018I Can Be She\u2019 campaign looking for \u2018stories of spirited individuals’<\/h3>\n
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MUSLIM women across Britain are being urged to share their stories for a new campaign.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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Organisers of the \u2018I Can Be She\u2019 campaign are looking for stories of spirited individuals and inspiring lives. <\/div>\n

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‘I Can Be She\u2019 will run an exhibition series to captures the spirit of everyday activists, visionaries and pioneers \u2013 their passions, their experiences, and the paths which led them to dedicate their lives to their causes \u2013 with the aim of incorporating a shared dedication to women\u2019s rights, empowerment and equality. <\/div>\n

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Muna Hassan, an activist and campaigner, has already been photographed and recorded talking about her campaign to raise awareness around drug addiction within the Somali community. <\/div>\n

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Photographs were taken by Liz Hingley, who was featured in the Guardian for her critically acclaimed exhibition \u2018\u201cUnder Gods\u201d: Stories from Soho Road\u2019. <\/div>\n

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A spokesperson for \u2018I Can Be She’ said: “Our aim is to explore techniques that portray people in a free and powerful way, as a celebration of their identity. <\/div>\n

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“Maslaha\u2019s \u201cI Can Be She\u201d project – www.icanbeshe.org explores the role Muslim women have played through history in parallel with the powerful achievement of Muslim female role models today.\u201d<\/div>\n

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In March 2012, Maslaha will organise a major exhibition to bring together the work of the established artists from the exhibition series with the work produced by young women in art and media workshops this Summer. <\/div>\n

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For more information log onto www.icanbeshe.org<\/font><\/a> <\/div>\n

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