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Wonderful Town. Wonderful Hosts
Tonight I was at the University of Western Australia to talk about my work and read from my novels. This evening kicked off the first of a weekend of events for the CMSS Lecture Tour: Building Cultural Bridges Through Literature. (Click...
Building Bridges in Perth
This Friday and Saturday, Qaisra will be in Perth to take part in guest author talks and the CMSS Lecture Tour: Building Cultural Bridges Through Literature. She will talk about her work, read from her novels, and discuss her life in Manchester, growing up as a...
Half the Sky: The Need to Educate Girls & Women
Qaisra took part in a panel to help improve literacy levels for girls and women in developing countries: “Teaching one woman to write her name for the first time is equivalent to another woman’s PhD. But the problem is so big that it requires cultural change to...
News and Media
British Muslim Women in the Cultural and Creative Industries. Preface by Qaisra Shahraz, Elinor Chohan.
Book Launch event on Eventbrite 14th June 2022.
Read more here.
On 18th March 2022 Qaisra Shahraz appeared in German newspaper Braunschweiger Zeitung: “Discussion in Vöhrum: I’m a Muslim, but not a terrorist”, qiving a talk to school children in Vöhrum. More here.
Art & empowerment: What to expect from the Muslim Women’s Arts Festival. More here.
Muslim Women’s Arts Festival – when the new event in Manchester takes place and what is on. More here.
The power of words: The best literature events happening at MACFEST 2022. More here.
Arts festival launched after arena bombing to combat Islamophobia returns for 2022 – Quays News. More here.
