Deenah is a Programs Officer for Hidayah LGBTQI+, an award-winning registered UK charity dedicated to queer Muslims. Her important work for Hidayah primarily focuses on its events, which aim to create safe spaces for Queer Muslims to meet each other and share experiences.

What does it mean to be able to reconcile your sexuality or gender identity with the values that you yourself hold, as well as the community around you? Deenah voices the absolute value in seeking to achieve that possibility, independent of our faith or wider value system in a powerful and moving way.

Ben and Silva bring this into context with their own individual life experiences, looking at ways in which the initial incompatibility of possibly conflicting views may be re-evaluated, to form a solid base for a life structure that protects mental wellbeing and nurtures maturity and growth.