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#TED talk: How I came to love the Burqa
Masarat Daud
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Masarat Daud
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In my oppressive burqa, I travel, write, talk, cycle and bake. TED Speaker (2014, 2019) / Curator: TEDxShekhawati. Children's book author.
- Eid breakfast is ready. The Husband is leaving shortly for Eid prayers.
- Tweet of the year. I keep going back to it many times. Hard truth. You cannot be friends with Muslims and still support the Modi govnt and its cronies.
- Niece and nephew collect birthday/Eid money and pay Zakat on it 😀 It is a 'pillar' of Islam to annually pay 2.5% of our wealth as charity. I sent them this pic - people who work on the streets as trash pickers eating a wholesome meal supported by their Zakat contributions ❤
- Replying to @meerfaisal01Ya Allah, we are forced to be witnesses to such brutality. It is unbearable.
- Replying to @khanumarfaNot everyone thinks or empathises beyond their own lived experiences. Bollywood nepotism saga is her lived experience, so she can passionately critique, but Hindutva politics is opportunistic and zero empathy for Muslims, so being on the wrong side doesn't feel wrong.
- #TEDSummit speaker Danielle Citron speaks about shero @RanaAyyub and the death threats and sexual threats she has faced.
- Saala Amit Shah, aatey ka thela. Don't mess with Muzlamic women 😂
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- Enough is enough. @atulkochhar has apologised for getting the Islamic date wrong, but not for his bigotry (!). The toxic anti-Muslim climate in India is encouraging these bigots to crawl out of the woodworks. But globally, this bigotry will not go unnoticed.
