Not your harem girls – challenging Western views of Muslim women

Farwa Moledina uses the traditional crafts of embroidery, crochet and beading to make Islamic art that bridges the gulf between cultures.

Women of Paradise, on show at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery.
IKON GALLERY; PHOTO: STUART WHIPPS

An new exhibition in Birmingham portrays the four women named by the messenger of Allah as “the best of women among the people of Paradise”.

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