Author: Aysha Abdulrazak

Aysha Abdulrazak is a writer, critic and illustrator. She has worked in the education sector for several years. Aysha is interested in the power of words and creating more productive self-narratives. She is currently working on a project to promote self-empowerment and self-love in children. Follow Aysha on Instagram @aysha_azk. To see Aysha’s illustration project with Banan Alkhazraj, Bananabread, follow them on Instagram @bananabreadnco and @aa.doodles

Interview with Shaynae Walcott of Sugared & Sprayed: ‘I am a proud black woman’

  Aysha Abdulrazak

Aysha Abdulrazak meets with entrepreneur and founder of Sugared & Sprayed, Shay Walcott, to discuss the ancient art of sugaring, speaking your hopes into existence, the beauty of black women and building an organisation that supports women of colour from the get-go.

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Racialised Representations of the Girl Squad

  Aysha Abdulrazak

Shows like Dear White People, I May Destroy You and Insecure are to be applauded for focusing on friendships between black women. But, argues, Aysha Abdulrazak, to what extent are these being informed by a white supremacist lens? And who are they for?

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Shipwreck at the Almeida Theatre

  Aysha Abdulrazak

With a stellar cast and a who’s who in US politics, Anne Washburn’s Shipwreck is the perfect play to explore Trump’s presidency in the era of entertainment by news.

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Superhoe by Nicôle Lecky at the Royal Court Theatre

  Aysha Abdulrazak

Nicôle Lecky’s powerful and unsettling one-woman play, Superhoe, looks at the sexualisation and fetishisation of women of colour in a social media-addicted patriarchal world.

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