Fasting and Slowing Consumption this Ramadan: Women’s Clothes Swap and Panel

Join Ahista Stories and Muslim Women Connect for a pre-Ramadan celebration of slow fashion and living.

Please note there will be photographers on site. Please let them know if you are not comfortable being photographed during the event.

The Clothes Swap

Bring your preloved prayer and festive clothing to swap for something fresh to wear this Ramadan/Eid.

The Panel

Hear from an inspiring lineup of Muslim women activists, creatives and business owners on resisting overconsumption and waste this Ramadan and Eid ♻️

Why swap clothes?

In 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!

For this event, we encourage traditional Ramadan/Eid items, but are open to others. Please ensure that clothing is in good condition.

Speakers:

Zainab Mahmood is the 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.

Shanza Ali co-founded 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.

Fatimah Mohamied is a Muslim Mother and Midwife. She is an alloy of British, Egyptian and Bengali constituents whose passions lie in advocating for marginalised and vulnerable groups. She is a keen environmental activist and strives to live life with the tides of the Earth by tackling the concept of human supremacy.

Block printing

While waiting for the panel and swapping to begin, drop by our block printing station to have a go at printing on cards (think Mother’s Day or Eid!) or deadstock and scrap fabric using traditional wooden printing blocks from Sindh, Pakistan. Feel free to bring along any paper or cotton fabric items you’d like to print on, or purchase one of the lightly damaged tote bags we rescued from landfill for £4 and give it a new lease of life.