HIJABI + Q&A

Join us for a screening of the Hijabi film and a Frank Conversation after with the  Hijabi Director - Samir Mehanovic and our local Bath and Bristol hosts Dr Norah El-Gohary and Tara Miran.

With the significant rise in Islamophobia recently and Muslims in the community feeling more unsafe and isolated we invite you to this space for Muslims to come along and share their experiences with others with support, and a chance for non-Muslims to meet Muslims in their community, ask questions, get to know more about lived experiences of their neighbours and show support. Let’s share or imagine what better and best can be like.

In Bath and Bristol there is great stuff going on, however there remains a lot still to be done too, to make sport, health, culture and education more inclusive and accessible, from school to boardroom, to pitch. We want all our children, and all people, to have safe, supportive spaces from PE class to watching or playing matches, to work, to living full lives safely every day. 

We welcome everyone of all faiths, people of no faiths, all identities and backgrounds. Individuals, families, employers, educators - school/ college/ universities, sports and culture, especially Muslims and allies.

Note about the content and space:

Hosted and supported by Film Bath, The Belonging Network, Frank Conversations and partners, because we want to have more of these type of conversations, in supportive spaces, bringing stories and voices not seen or heard enough, and have them lead the conversations.

We therefore welcome people to bring their friends, family, children, students and colleagues, with the understanding that this some of this content is a hard, important watch, and that people need to know we can make space for them and their stories and experiences to be heard at any age with your consent.

About the film

HIJABI tells the compelling stories of five British women who choose to wear the hijab and their resulting experiences of Islamophobia in the UK. 

Their testimonies are unflinching accounts of the constant fight for dignity and respect. Together their engaging stories offer insight and hope in the mission to challenge racism and hate crime.

About the women featured in the film (in no particular order) 

Amna Abdullatif: Award winning national anti-racism campaigner and Vital Voices Visionary, Community Psychologist, Co director of The Three Hijabis, Facilitator, trainer and public speaker. 

Adama Juldeh Munu: Award-winning journalist, producer and essayist. Munu writes about Race, Middle East, Black Atlantic cultures and Islam in the African diaspora.

Asmaa Shuweikh: Columnist, Activist, Public Speaker and proud British Muslim living in Birmingham.

Tasnim Nazeer: Award-winning freelance journalist, author and reporter. Nazeer became the first hijab-wearing TV reporter in Scotland in July 2020, making 'TV history' in Scotland.

Zamzam Ibrahim: Climate justice activist and climate consultant. Co-founder of Students Organising for Sustainability and a UN advisor student politician who was also the President of the UK National Union of Students.

About the Director/Producer Samir Mehanovic

BAFTA and IDFA award winning filmmaker who came to live in the UK as an immigrant in 1995 after Srebrenica genocide committed against Bosnian Muslims.