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November 2015

November 06, 2015

Friday Links

Emma Watson met with Malala Yousafzai in an interview posted online this week. I will...

April 2015

April 14, 2015

When Arab Women Artists “Revisit The Harem”

Originally published here. Where does parody end and self-exoticization begin? At what point does the Arab...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

When Bridging Between Cultures Doesn’t Help

Responding to a question on the potential of art to transform at Jewish Book Week...

April 2014

April 08, 2014

“Allah Makes Muslims, Allah Makes Queers”: A Interview with Terna Tilley-Gyado of Coming Out Muslim

Coming Out Muslim: Radical Acts of Love is a storytelling performance that highlights the experiences...

April 02, 2014

Marilyn Monroe in a Burqa: Commentary or Cliché?

Walking home recently, I rounded the corner from my apartment and noticed a poster that...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

The Syrian Trojan Women

On the 18th of December, the Syrian Trojan Women project staged a production of Euripides'...

December 23, 2013

Dance Is How I Get Close to God: An Interview with Dancer and Upcoming Actress Isha Farha

Born into a family where art is a compulsion, Isha Farha started learning dance at...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Effective Discussions on the Oppression of Women: Is the Burqa It?

For a few years now, I have been observing depictions of the veil, the niqab...

July 2013

July 01, 2013

The Colourful Drones of Mahwish Chishty

In the past few years, drones have emerged from virtually been unknown to becoming a...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

Colours and Voices: The International Museum of Women Muslima

After converting to Islam, I struggled with my community’s views on art, women and the...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

Re-Humanize Me: Risky or Repetitive?

A couple weeks ago, I was walking with a friend, when she abruptly stopped listening...

May 2012

May 14, 2012

Isabelle Eberhardt: Swiss Explorer, Sufi Adventurer

Isabelle Eberhardt’s extraordinary life is the stuff of legends – and movies, and operas. Song From...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

FundaMattel: Sub-Satrapi Bollocks Masquerading as Art

Burqa, burqa, burqa. Will we ever reach the stage where there is nothing more to...

March 19, 2012

Hayv Kahraman: ”Telling Tales of Horror with a Demure Grace”

Hayv Kahraman is an Iraqi artist whose work reflects on issues of gender, looking at...

February 2012

February 21, 2012

Zenocrate and Zabina in Marlowe’s Tamburlaine

The two parts of Christopher Marlowe's play Tamburlaine, loosely based on the life of the...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Zarina Hashmi: Mapping Home

Susan Friedman has described the homonym roots/routes as "two sides of the same coin: roots,...

January 17, 2012

“A Country and a Continent”: Fatimah Tuggar and the Politics of Montage

Fatimah Tuggar is one of the artists Jiwa has discussed, in his article on Imaging, imagining and...

January 11, 2012

Revisiting Miriam Cooke’s “Muslimwoman”

Miriam Cooke has described her use of "Muslimwoman" in one word as a reference to...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

MMW 2011 Year in Review: Arts and Entertainment

As 2011 draws to a close, we at MMW are looking back at our year...

November 2011

November 16, 2011

Muslim Women In The Eye of the Camera

In a short interview in The New Yorker this past September, American photographer Lynsey Addario,...

November 02, 2011

Self-Conscious Orientalism in Craig Thompson’s Graphic Novel Habibi

Editor's note: A longer version of this post is available on Tasnim's personal blog. Craig...

July 2011

July 06, 2011

Headscarf and the Angry Bitch: A Review of Zehra Fazal’s Play

I recently had the opportunity to see Zehra Fazal preform her musically-inclined comedy show titled...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Khaira Arby, The “Nightingale of Mali”

“My voice is a gift from God.” Khaira Arby in an interview with Steve Hochman...

April 2011

April 14, 2011

Zehra Fazal’s Shock-n-Schtick

When I clicked on a link forwarded to me, I was pleasantly surprised to see...

March 2011

March 03, 2011

Diving for Pearls: Robert Adanto’s Film

Pearls on the Ocean Floor, directed by Robert Adanto in 2010, profiles female artists who...

January 2011

January 19, 2011

An Interview with Abdulaziz Al-Qahtani

Last week, we profiled Abdulaziz Al-Qahtani's "An Intimate Geography" exhibit at the Lahd Gallery. This...

January 13, 2011

Gender Bender: Abdulaziz’s Al Qahtani’s Lahd Exhibition

Abdulaziz Al Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian artist based in London. His first exhibition, “An...

September 2010

September 28, 2010

A Poignant Poet: Anida Yoeu Ali and the 1700% Project

The headlines are hard to ignore: “Muslim Cabdriver Stabbed in New York Bias Attack;” “Vandalism...

September 23, 2010

An Artful Collaboration: Plataforma de Mujeres Artistas & Unión de Mujeres Musulmanas

Contrary to the common assumption that only Muslim women are victims of gender violence, some...

May 2010

May 05, 2010

J’adore Chador: Majida Khattari’s Art

Le Monde, France 24 and Le Nouvel Observateur covered Franco-Moroccan artist Majida Khattari's Parisian runway show/art exhibit...