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SUMMARY:Fasting and Slowing Consumption this Ramadan: Women’s Clothes Swap and Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join Ahista Stories and Muslim Women Connect for a pre-Ramadan celebration of slow fashion and living.\nThe Clothes Swap\nBring your preloved prayer and festive clothing to swap for something fresh to wear this Ramadan/Eid.\nThe Panel\nHear from an inspiring lineup of Muslim women activists, creatives and business owners on esisting overconsumption and waste this Ramadan and Eid♻️\nSpeakers:\nZainab Mahmood is founder of Ahista Stories, a South Asian sustainable fashion community. Since 2019, she has been educating on the harmful environmental and human impacts of the fashion industry through social media and writing for award-winning publications like gal-dem and The Guardian.\nShanza Ali is co-founder Ardh, an online marketplace and founders collective for culturally diverse ethical brands. Ardh aims to empower ethnically diverse businesses and communities to access, contribute to and lead on work for sustainability and the building of a circular economy.\nNoreen Niazi is co-founder of Muslim Women Connect, a not for profit supporting and advocating for Muslim women at work through mentoring, training, research. She has worked in the social impact sector for over 10 years, in her free time she leads hikes and co-runs a coffee pop up. \nWhy swap clothes?\nIn a world where we’re constantly told to buy new, buy more and buy fast; clothes swaps have become a remedy to this culture of overconsumption. One’s trash is another’s treasure after all – so dig out that festive clothing that’s collecting dust and find it a new home! \nFor this event, we encourage traditional Ramadan/Eid items, but are open to others. Please ensure that clothing is in good condition.\nOther Event/Venue Info\nTea, coffee and a prayer space will be provided. Follow us on Instagram @ahista.stories @muslimwomenconnect to learn more about how the clothes swap will work.\n​​Please note there will be photographers on site. Please let them know f you are not comfortable being photographed.\nAbout the venue: Poplar Union is fully wheelchair accessible, has a cafe on site and opens out onto a park for quick access to fresh air. Find more info here.\nAhista Stories is a South Asian sustainable fashion community. Follow @ahista.stories to learn more about future events. \n
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LOCATION:2 Cotall St, Poplar, London, E14 6TL
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