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For her new zine series, the photographer reflects on her own Sufi Muslim background and the resistance she has seen women face in religious spaces. Through three women who embrace and embody their practices, she attempts to portray the strength and beauty of individual devotion.
Read MoreAZEEMA’s Editor in Chief Jameela Elfaki caught up with film maker and photographer Kenzä Bousseloub, diving into what motivates her as a visual storyteller.
Read MoreThe New York-based Egyptian tells us why she didn’t “give a sh*t” about sexism as she was coming up in the music industry whilst she explains her experience guest curating an impressive line-up at Le Guess Who? festival 2023 in Utrecht.
Read MoreThe Algerian-French vocalist tells AZEEMA how trips to the motherland informed the way she makes music, whilst her French upbringing provides her with enough genre-contrast to conclude in a rich and effervescent musical identity which she continues to evolve today.
Read MoreComplicated mother-daughter relationships are often heightened between immigrant mothers and their daughters, where cultural conflicts add fire to existing generational and familial disconnections. After watching the short film Shaymaa – an exploration of the complications of immigrant parenthood – Italian-Egyptian writer Aya Mohamed meditates on her own tenuous but joyful relationship with her mother.
Read MoreBBC1 presenter and DJ Jaguar breaks new ground for women and femme inclusivity in the nightlife and music industry with a eye-opening new report, released as part of her Jaguar Foundation, which reveals the shocking lack of women and non-binary that still haunts and hinders the scene.
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