Archive - 'Eyb - The Newsletter

A message from Samah in North Gaza

Samah Al Nakhala, a single mother from Gaza City, can't feed her four children

May 27 •

I'm a woman who is TATT - Tired All The Time

How the healthcare system, government and workplace fail women with chronic pain and fatigue

May 10 •

April 2025

18 months of heartbreak

Welcome to ‘Eyb, the newsletter in which I write frankly about topics that growing up as a young Arab woman I’d be told are ‘eyb or shameful, as well as…

Apr 25 •

February 2025

Can we move from grief to hope?

Welcome to ‘Eyb, the newsletter in which I always write frankly, whether it is on taboo topics affecting girls and women that growing up as an Egyptian…

Feb 5 •

December 2024

Grief, hope and giving

As we enter a new year, please don't forget the people who needs us the most

Dec 31, 2024 •

August 2024

Q&A with Tawseef Khan, author of Determination

The author of Determination and Muslim, Actually talks his debut novel, his mum's biriyani and the perfect day out in Manchester

Aug 22, 2024 •

Far-right riots, my beanie hat, transphobic Islamophobia and more massacres

The past two weeks have been been awful

Aug 12, 2024 •

July 2024

My body my choice, except when it comes to hijab

On France's banning of the hijab for French Muslim women wanting to compete at the Olympics

Jul 25, 2024 •

'Eyb recommends

My monthly round-up of my favourite books, articles, music, TV/film and more!

Jul 3, 2024 •

June 2024

Zahra Barri on her feminist and literary heroes...and death by cheesecake

I chat to British Egyptian author and stand-up comedian Zahra Barri, whose debut novel Daughters of the Nile, was published earlier this month.

Jun 27, 2024 •

April 2024

I want more for our mothers

Why do our mothers believe that life ends at 50?

Apr 18, 2024 •

March 2024

This Ramadan is different

With the ongoing wars in Gaza and Sudan, this Ramadan is one to be extra thankful for our blessings

Mar 19, 2024 •

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