Join Prologue Stockport for an evening of self-discovery and enlightening discussion with celebrated journalist Tahmina Begum, as we celebrate the release of her lyrical debut, Womanhood: A Love Letter to South Asian Muslim Women.

​In conversation with a leading host, Tahmina will be exploring this thought-provoking read, before taking questions from the audience.

​Every book and ticket comes with a copy of Womanhood that Tahmina will sign and dedicate on the day.

​About Womanhood: A Love Letter to South Asian Muslim Women

​’Rich and deeply personal. I adored it and read it in one sitting’ – Shahed Ezaydi, author of The Othered Woman

​’I can’t think of anyone better placed to share our stories with the world’ – Zeba Talkhani, author of My Past Is A Foreign Country

​Love. Friendship. Family. Faith.

​Across eight years and thousands of hours of interviews, Tahmina Begum followed the lives of Noor, Khaira and Moumita: three women living at a crossroads, each weighing the cost of being a Good Woman.

​In Womanhood, she invites us into their lives.

​Noor longs for a marriage that mirrors the loyalty of her parents’ world and the openness of her own. After a long negotiation between her heart and faith, she decides to leave the man who is perfect in every way but one.

​Khaira, once the girl in bedazzled jeans and heeled sandals, is twenty years into a life built at great cost. Expectations written long before her birth have shaped her into someone she no longer recognises. Now, she must decide who she wants to become.

​Moumita strives to be a modern woman even as tradition tugs at her. When a cherished friendship fractures, she begins to question where friendship belongs in a life so often defined by marriage and family.

​Together, their stories illuminate questions that resonate far beyond their own stories.

​What do we inherit from the women who came before us?

​How do we balance duty with desire?

​Richly observed and profoundly moving, Womanhood is an unforgettable exploration of identity, belonging and how we find our way home to ourselves.

​About Tahmina Begum

​Tahmina Begum has worked as a journalist for nearly a decade.

​Her previous roles include lifestyle writer at HuffPostUK and she has written for British Vogue, The Guardian, I-D, Dazed, Refinery29, Riposte, Glamour, The Independent, Metro, I Paper and gal-dem, covering a wide scope of topics that centre around the lives of Muslim women and women of colour.

​Begum has contributed to three books, is the producer of the newsletter The Aram and is a podcaster, chair and public speaker.