Admission of guilt fine. First meeting of Shamima and Na'eem (who later became her husband). Arrested 4 September 1987, detained together at CR Swart Square police station, Durban
With husband Na'eem, sons Minhaj and Shir'a, and niece Raeesa, October 1990
At a Muslim Youth Movement General Assembly, Kimberley
Shamima's two-year-old son, Minhaj, protesting outside the US Consulate in Durban against the first Gulf War. August 1990
With husband Na'eem, other Muslim Youth Movement members and son Minhaj at Patriotic Front Conference, Durban, 26 October 1991
With husband Na'eem and other family members. Evening at the Durban beachfront
On holiday in Mpumalanga; with son Shir'a (which is when he learnt to throw stones)
Shamima and husband Na'eem. Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg
Shamima's sons, Minhaj and Shir'a, and niece Raeesa on Eid Day
With aunts Rashida and Fawzia Mosam, and Fawzia's husband Siddique
Shamima with members of the Shaikh and Mosam families, on Eid al-Fitr Day, 1997, less than a year before her death, and her last Eid al-Fitr
Shamima's book, co-authored with husband Na'eem Jeenah, about their hajj in 1997
With husband Na'eem and son Minhaj. Nelson Mandela's inauguration as South Africa's 1st democratically-elected president. Union Buildings, Pretoria. 10 May 1994
Shamima speaking at a Muslim Students Association meeting at Wits University, discussing an Islamic position on abortion
With parents Salahuddin and Mariam, and siblings Hafiz, Fatemah, Shahida and Zayn, on Eid-al-Fitr, 1997
At her wedding marrying Na'eem Jeenah, 20 December 1987
In Durban, at her 26th birthday party
With husband Na'eem, in Durban at her surprise 26th birthday party
With husband Na'eem, having just given birth to her first child, Minhaj, 20 September 1988, Johannesburg
Having just presented her paper, Women and Islam - The Gender Struggle in South Africa: The Ideological Struggle, at the Islamic Training Programme of the Muslim Youth Movement, 23 December 1997, 17 days before her death
On her wedding day, 20 December 1987
With husband Na'eem, just before she gave birth to her first child, Minhaj
At her wedding, with husband Na'eem, 20 December 1987, Pietersburg
With husband Na'eem, and sons Minhaj and Shir'a
At a Muslim Youth Movement camp, Zamdela township
At her fifth birthday party
With one-year old son Minhaj, outside FNB Stadium in Soweto, at the reception of recently-released political prisoners, October 1989
Presenting her paper, Women and Islam - The Gender Struggle in South Africa: The Ideological Struggle, at the Islamic Training Programme of the Muslim Youth Movement, 23 December 1997, 17 days before her death
In her wheelchair, presenting her paper, Women and Islam - The Gender Struggle in South Africa: The Ideological Struggle, at the Islamic Training Programme of the Muslim Youth Movement, 23 December 1997, 17 days before her death
Shamima with husband Na'eem at 'Free the beaches' protest, Durban, 1989
Journey of Discovery:A South African Hajj
by Shamima Shaikh andNa'eem Jeenah
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