“Veiled women” have long been represented as either helpless victims in need of rescue or as dangerous agents of an alien ideology in need of discipline.
Articles by Shakira Hussein 
13 new drugs for the PBS, but Roxon has a long way to go
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s announcement of the addition of 13 new drugs to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme comes as a huge relief.
Osama’s kill raid a hall of mirrors for Pakistani relations
Until more information becomes available, the border lines between analysis, speculation and conspiracy theories about the death of Osama bin Laden — not to mention his life over the past decade — are pretty fuzzy. At the moment, we are all lost in a wilderness of mirrors. But I am prepared to use the basic information that bin Laden was […]
‘My’ MS, a magic pill, and what the PBS fight means to me
The politics of turning the final approval of new medications into a Cabinet decision at the least, delays treatment to patients who may benefit from it. At the worst, it turns them down. Here’s what that means for me, and “my MS”, writes Shakira Hussein.
Lifting the veil on a witness in court won’t reveal her true feelings
Last week, a Perth judge ruled that a prosecution witness in a fraud case would have to remove her niqab (face-veil) while giving evidence in court.
Gillard shatters the glass ceiling. So what now?
It’s a Big Moment, there’s no denying it. We might have a female PM, but women still struggle not only with misogyny but also with racism, poverty, disability and all the myrid forms that marginalisation can take.
