This week on The Happy Vagina podcast Mika is joined by the absolutely divine Salma El Wardany who shares her forward thinking ideas on the faith, what the Koran really says about sex and the power of the Burqa. Salma is an author, activist, poet and one of the women behind the period emoji. in her essay A Gender Denied: Islam, Sex and the Struggle to Get Some Salma took on one of the biggest taboo subjects in Islam - sex. Her latest book These Impossible Things is an ode to female friendships.

Tune into this episode now to hear Salma lift the veil on the stereo types imposed on Muslim women, and a deep dive into the benefits of talking about sex, pleasure and periods for all humans. 

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