Shahed Ezaydi is a writer and editor, specialising in features and reporting on culture, social issues and feminism. She is a writer at Stylist and editor of the Peaks of Colour Nature Journal. Previously an editor at Bustle and Aurelia, Ezaydi has written for a range of publications, including Dazed, Glamour, and gal-dem.

An urgent, vital contribution to the feminist conversation - one that tears through the comfortable myth of universal sisterhood' - Alya Mooro, author of The Greater Freedom

A brilliant read. Meticulously researched and robustly articulated, this is a timely analysis of white feminism's performative solidarity and the damage it causes Muslim women' - Samia Rahman, author of Muslim Women and Misogyny

'A powerful, clear-eyed reckoning with the exclusions at the heart of white feminism. Shahed Ezaydi illuminates what so many need to see. The Othered Woman is the read we need in book clubs up and down the country - there's so much to learn here and even more to talk about' - Freya Bromley, author of The Tidal Year

Like swallowing the red pill of Feminism. Truly enlightening. Shahed writes with the familiarity of a "tell it like it is" truth-telling friend and packs a painful, at times, page-turning punch. A reminder and a prescription for all feminists (and everyone) to take their medicine' - Dr Zahra Barri, author of Daughters of the Ni

Resisting (the) hate narrative, Shahed Ezaydi centres Muslim women's voices and celebrates inspirational Muslim women of the past and the present. This is essential reading in today's polarised world where the State and social media allow hate to flourish, providing wider society with "permission to hate" Muslim women as Other' - - Dr Irene Zempi, Associate Professor in Criminology at Nottingham Trent University

Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)

Pub date: 2026-03-20

Length: 288 pages