Heard And Not Seen

Over a period of 6 weeks Mitra worked with a group of mothers at Washwood Heath Children’s Centre. Through a series of discussions and workshops we explored personal histories and how we aim to nurture our children to grow up to be respectful and tolerant to other cultures and religions. As well as exploring our differences, we also found pertinent similarities in our aspirations as Mothers, Wives, Sisters, Friends and Citizens.

The participants where asked to bring in their family photo albums and objects of significance that formed the starting point for personal histories and stories.

The workshops presented an opportunity for the mothers to engage with one another in a unique setting and encouraged new friendships that will develop beyond the HANS project and inspired confidence to be more active within the wider multi-faith communities that they live in.

The sessions culminated in a final discussion that revealed the most important aspect of Muslim representation is for Muslims to make more efforts to engage with non-Muslims. The women felt that the most important place to start was from the home.