{"product_id":"khawaab-khayaal-002-womanhood-an-evening-with-tahmina-begum","title":"Khawaab Khayaal 002 Womanhood - An evening with Tahmina Begum","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eKHWAAB KHAYAAL 002\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eWOMANHOOD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eAn evening with Tahmina Begum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eThe Day: Friday 20th November\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eThe Hour: 6.00 to 8.30pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eThe Place: Bisou Bisou, M21 9EG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eFollowing a rather beautiful first gathering, you told me you wanted more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eMore evenings offline. More conversations that linger. More reasons to make something with our hands, sit beside someone new and stay a little longer than we planned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eAnd I wanted 002 to celebrate you. Us, really. Women in all the messy, brilliant, complicated versions we come in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eSo welcoming journalist and author \u003cstrong\u003eTahmina Begum\u003c\/strong\u003e to Khwaab Khayaal as she launches her debut book, \u003cem\u003eWomanhood: A Love Letter to South Asian Muslim Women\u003c\/em\u003e, felt rather fitting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eFor our second gathering, we're pulling up the chairs again. This time, around \u003cem\u003eWomanhood\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eThree women. Eight years. A thousand little moments that make a life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eFor almost a decade, Tahmina became part of the everyday lives of three British South Asian Muslim women: Noor, Khaira and Moumita.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eThrough countless conversations, shared meals, visits to their homes and handwritten diaries, she documented their lives as they navigated love, friendship, faith, family and all the expectations that come bundled with being a woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eThe good daughter. The good wife. The good friend. The good Muslim.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eBut somewhere between who we're raised to be and who we're becoming, where do our own wants fit?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomanhood\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to South Asian Muslim women, but not one that pretends being a woman is always straightforward. It's about the contradictions, the compromises, the joys, the ambitions and the quiet ways we change over time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eTahmina, a journalist and storyteller whose work centres the experiences of Muslim women and women of colour, spent years listening to stories that are rarely given this much space. The result is an intimate portrait of three women, and perhaps a little reflection of ourselves too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eAnd that's exactly where our conversation begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eWe'll talk about the women who raised us, the expectations we've inherited, the friendships that shape us and the lives we're still figuring out. About belonging to more than one world, holding on to tradition while making room for change, and learning that there isn't just one way to be a woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eCome alone, bring your mum, sister, best friend or the woman you've been meaning to catch up with.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eJust bring your curiosity. We'll take care of the rest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eKeepsakes for your memory box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-canva-clipboard=\"ewAiAGEAIgA6ADUALAAiAGgAIgA6ACIAdwB3AHcALgBjAGEAbgB2AGEALgBjAG8AbQAiACwAIgBjACIAOgAiAEQAQQBIAFkAWAA0AEEAUQBrAHkASQAiACwAIgBpACIAOgAiAEEAVgBaAC0AZABLAGcAMgB2AEgAdwBEAEgATgBxAFgAcABfAGsARABWAEEAIgAsACIAYgAiADoAMQA3ADkAMgAzADMANgAwADAANwAyADkANAAsACIAbgAiADoAewAiAEEAIgA6AHsAfQB9ACwAIgBwACIAOgBmAGEAbABzAGUALAAiAEEAPwAiADoAIgBCACIALAAiAEEAIgA6AFsAewAiAEEAIgA6ADIAMQA5AC4AOQA0ADUANgAzADAAOQAyADQAMwA1ADEANwAsACIAQgAiADoAMwA0ADEALgAyADQAMAA3ADMAMQAzADAAOQAxADkANAA2ADQALAAiAEQAIgA6ADMAOQA3AC4ANQAxADgANQAzADcAMwA4ADEANgAxADAANQAsACIAQwAiADoANQA5AC4ANQA5ADEANAA0ADYANwA2ADAAMAAwADAAMAAwADQALAAiAEEAPwAiADoAIgBLACIALAAiAF8AIgA6ACIATABCADIAbgBDADcAMABCAE4AMwBXAFgAWQBRAFEATQAiACwAIgBhACIAOgB7ACIAQwAiADoAewAiAEEAIgA6AFsAIgBTAGkAeAAgAEwAaQB0AHQAbABlACAAUgBlAGEAcwBvAG4AcwAuAC4ALgBcAG4AIgAsACIAdABvACAAcwBwAGUAbgBkACAAYQBuACAAZQB2AGUAbgBpAG4AZwAgAHMAbwBtAGUAdwBoAGUAcgBlACAAbwBmAGYAbABpAG4AZQAuAFwAbgAiAF0ALAAiAEIAIgA6AFsANgAxAF0ALAAiAEMAIgA6AFsAewAiADAAIgA6ACIAdQBwAHAAZQByAGMAYQBzAGUAIgAsACIAQwAiADoAIgBZAEEARgBjAGYAaABsAGgASwA5AGMALAAwACIALAAiAEcAIgA6ACIAMgA0AC4AMQAzADMAOABwAHgAIgAsACIATQAiADoAIgAjADcANgAyADEAMgAxACIALAAiAFcAIgA6ACIALQAwAC4AMAAyADAAMAAxADkANQBlAG0AIgAsACIAWQAiADoAIgAxAC4AMgA5ADkAOABlAG0AIgAsACIAYwAiADoAIgBjAGUAbgB0AGUAcgAiAH0ALAB7ACIAMQAiADoAdAByAHUAZQB9ACwAewAiAEQAIgA6AHQAcgB1AGUALAAiAEgAIgA6AHQAcgB1AGUALAAiAE4AIgA6AHQAcgB1AGUALAAiAFgAIgA6AHQAcgB1AGUALAAiAFoAIgA6AHQAcgB1AGUALAAiAGQAIgA6AHQAcgB1AGUAfQBdACwAIgBEACIAOgBbADAALAAyADIALAAzADkAXQB9AH0ALAAiAGIAIgA6AHsAIgBBACIAOgBbADIAMgAsADMAOQBdAH0ALAAiAGQAIgA6ACIAQQAiACwAIgBoACIAOgAiAEEAIgB9AF0ALAAiAEIAIgA6ADEAMAA4ADAALAAiAEMAIgA6ADEAMwA1ADAAfQA=\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix Little Reasons...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto spend an evening somewhere offline.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e01 \/ A warm welcome, on us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eArrive, grab a welcome drink (our treat), find your place around the table and settle in. There'll be time to meet the women beside you and let the outside world wait a little while.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e02 \/ A little making, a little musing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eWe'll begin with our hands busy, just how we like it at Khwaab Khayaal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eFor 002, we're creating our very own \u003cstrong\u003ecurated keepsake tins\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epocket-sized \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003earchive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eall \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elittle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethings \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworth \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ekeeping. F\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eor the things we collect, carry and can't quite bring ourselves to throw away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eThink patterned papers, gems, charms, trinkets and all sorts of lovely bits and bobs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eWe'll have plenty of supplies for you to rummage through, but you're very welcome to bring along any little treasures or materials you'd like to incorporate into yours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eNo artistic ability required. Just make something that feels like you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e03 \/ Some secrets are best kept.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eWaiting for you will be a little keepsake pouch, filled with a few thoughtful surprises.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eWhat exactly? Well, we couldn't possibly tell you everything beforehand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eConsider it a few more additions to your memory box.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e04 \/ A love letter, bound in pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eYour very own copy of \u003cem\u003eWomanhood\u003c\/em\u003e will be included in your ticket.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eA book to read, scribble in, reflect on and eventually have signed by Tahmina herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e05 \/ Conversations worth carrying home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eOnce we've finished making, we'll settle into an intimate conversation with Tahmina about the nine-year journey behind \u003cem\u003eWomanhood\u003c\/em\u003e, the lives of Noor, Khaira and Moumita, and the stories women carry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eWe'll explore identity, friendship, love, faith, family, expectation and what it means to become your own person while remaining connected to everything that shaped you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eThere'll be room for your questions too, consider this your safe space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e06 \/ Strangers, until they aren't.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eAnd then, as always, time to linger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eFinish your tin. Get your book signed. Continue a conversation. Meet somebody new. Perhaps leave knowing a woman you didn't when you walked in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eA few hours away from the noise, the endless scrolling, the responsibilities and the rush.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eJust a room full of women, a book between us, our hands making something worth keeping and conversations that might stay with us long after we've gone home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eA little about Tahmina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTahmina Begum\u003c\/strong\u003e is a British journalist, writer and editor whose work explores identity, culture and the lives of Muslim women and women of colour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eHer debut book, \u003cem\u003eWomanhood: A Love Letter to South Asian Muslim Women\u003c\/em\u003e, is the culmination of years spent closely documenting the lives of three women. Through their changing relationships, choices, challenges and triumphs, Tahmina offers a deeply personal exploration of contemporary British South Asian Muslim womanhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003eWe're delighted to welcome her to our little corner somewhere offline as she celebrates the launch of her first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(88, 30, 41);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCome curious. 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