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Here’s what a Muslim feminist wants you to know about Islamophobia in the UK

Stylist’s Shahed Ezaydi explains how white feminism – and its centring of the white female experience – feeds into Islamophobic attitudes.

By Shahed Ezaydi

16 days ago

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