About Us
MyMixedHeritage is a space where no one will ask you to choose
and where multiple belongings can exist, be cherished and thrive.
The Full Story
A letter from our founder
MyMixedHeritage has its root in my personal experience of growing up in an interfaith family. Being in-between Islam, from my dad's side, and Catholicism, from my mum's, has always been a fundamental part of my identity and played a huge role in my academic journey as well.
Although enriching, having a mixed-faith heritage has also often meant feeling the lack of a community and anxiety about satisfying competing faith-based expectations from my family(s).
MyMixedHeritage is a welcoming social space for individuals with mixed-faith backgrounds to connect, share experiences, and find support in each other's stories. Beyond fostering a supportive community, we also aim to engage with the wider world, believing that our members' unique perspectives can enrich the broader conversation on interfaith matters. As interfaith activist Susan Katz Miller notes:
“we wrestle with theology, share religious celebrations, study each other’s foundational texts(...). Interfaith is not an activity [we] go to once a month, (...), it’s an inherent feature of [our] daily lives."(Katz Miller, 2013:1)
It is just about time that we enter the discussion!
