Muslim Women Shouldn't Be Required To Act Superhuman To Avoid Being Seen As Weak

By Sidrah Ahmad-Chan

February 13, 2020

I am tired of the narrative of the Empowered Muslim Woman™. I find it exhausting.

As a visibly Muslim woman, a large portion of my daily life involves attending to a strange kind of image management. I’m aware of the stereotypes that might fill the air when I walk into a room, so I take it upon myself to disprove them. Stereotype-disproving is an undercurrent of my day, embedded in my way of thinking. It’s almost like I work as an unpaid PR agent for my community as I interact with the “outside world.” Through my work, activism, and persona, I demonstrate that Muslim women are not oppressed—that we are, in fact, empowered. Read More https://newageislam.com/islam,-women-and-feminism/sidrah-ahmad-chan/muslim-women-shouldn-t-be-required-to-act-superhuman-to-avoid-being-seen-as-weak/d/121117