Reclaiming Muslim: The Photo Project Changing the Narrative
Following our discovery of the glorious Muslim Sisterhood, the portrait series that smashes reductive depictions of young British Muslim women, we’ve been on the hunt for projects that share a similar spirit.
Yesterday, VICE ran a piece about Reclaiming Muslim, a photo + interview series documenting Muslim lives across the UK and beyond.
The project’s main aim is to show the diversity of Islam; that Muslims don’t have to look a certain way or subscribe to specific opinions or habits.
Charlotte Bibby, who created Reclaiming Muslim, told VICE: ‘I wanted to start a project that offered a platform to challenge the stereotypes that unfortunately a lot of non-Muslims believe.’
As one girl featured in the series said: ‘I’d love for people not to see me as someone to hate, but someone to have a conversation with.’
Check out some of the words and images from the Reclaiming Muslim Instagram below:
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