Wanting to help counteract stereotypes of Muslim women as “voiceless, oppressed” victims of a patriarchal religion, photographer Alia Youssef recently embarked on “The Sisters Project.”
This photo series resulted in 160 empowering photos of Muslim women from across Canada. “This project subverts labels and false associations,” she writes, “and shows women in control of their lives.”
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Youssef immigrated to Vancouver from Cairo with her family at the age of eight. She currently lives in Toronto. “I want to counter the idea that Muslim women can be painted with one brush, by instead humanizing Muslim women, and diversifying the narratives of their everyday lives.”
View the complete project here.
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