Nidha KhanNidha Khan

Nidha Khan is a Pakistani-Kiwi currently pursuing her Master's in Public Policy while being the Editor of Tearaway Magazine - a New Zealand youth magazine created by and for New Zealand youth.

Fixation on the hijab as ‘anti-feminist’ does a disservice to NZ Muslim women

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The current discourse around Muslim women is narrow-minded and short-sighted, writes Nidha Khan. There are Kiwi-Muslims still grieving. There are Kiwi-Muslims still numb, upset, scared, angry, and emotionally exhausted. And, in such a time, it is deeply upsetting and unsettling for commentators like Heather du Plessis-Allan to re-ignite narrow-minded conversations about how wearing the hijab … Read more