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February 2011

February 09, 2011

Sabah: Not My Big Fat Muslim Wedding

Netflix offered Sabah: A Love Story, a story about a devout Muslim Canadian woman who...

January 2011

January 27, 2011

678: A Film to Appreciate

Egypt, like the rest of the Middle East, has been suffering for a long time...

December 2010

December 23, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: I Accept I Accept I Accept

Today's film "captures the true essence of the protagonist’s feelings getting into an arrange marriage."...

December 22, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: Nour

"Nour" is a real-life interview with, Eman, a woman who is living with HIV/AIDS told...

December 21, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: Saturday Mothers of Turkey

"Saturday Mothers of Turkey" is a short documentary that highlights women in Turkey who are...

December 20, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: Sunglasses

The late submission deadline for the Women's Voices Now "Women's Voices from the Muslim World"...

December 07, 2010

All’s Fair in Love and War? Jolie’s New Film Deals with Bosnian-Serbian War

Angelina Jolie is known more for being the sexier half of Brangelina and her patchwork...

November 2010

November 29, 2010

Within a Dream World: A Look at “Women Without Men”

Women Without Men, directed by Shirin Neshat, looks at the visually evocative and at times...

November 24, 2010

Dutch as Such: “Delfts Blauw Meets Hijab”

“Delfts blauw meets hijab” is the title of a new Dutch documentary analyzing the experience...

November 22, 2010

A Far-Reaching Film Fest

In January of this year, philanthropist Leslie Sacks, human rights lawyer Catinca Tabacaru and a...

November 02, 2010

A Flash of Lightning: “Bijli”

The film “Bijli” opens with an off-key rendition of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s haunting Sanu...

October 2010

October 11, 2010

The Women’s Voices Now Film Festival

Women's Voices Now is a non-profit organization that was founded in January 2010 and is...

August 2010

August 09, 2010

FGM in Sembene’s Moolaadé

Moolaadé, directed by the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene and released in 2004,tells the story of...

June 2010

June 10, 2010

The Women of Indonesia’s Film Religi: Part II

Yesterday, we examined “the convert” and “the reformer,” two types of female characters in film...

June 09, 2010

The Women of Indonesia’s Film Religi: Part I

Film religi is an Indonesian cultural phenomenon quite unlike any other in Southeast Asia. It...

June 02, 2010

The Lobby for Abu Dhabi — An Essay by Carrie Bradshaw

Recently, Ms. Bradshaw traveled to the Emirates for a glamorous vacation with a few pals....

June 02, 2010

Sex and the City 2: Orientalist Boogaloo

SEX AND THE CITY 2: ORIENTALIST BOOGALOO Sara, Yusra, Safiyyah, and Fatemeh are here for...

May 2010

May 27, 2010

The Stoning of Soraya M.: A Review

Before watching The Stoning of Soraya M., I had already formed an opinion of it...

January 2010

January 06, 2010

Making Arrangements: Are Arranged Marriages Really so Easy?

It seems that Muslims seeking meaningful relationships with members of the opposite sex, and how...

January 05, 2010

Two Girls, One Tired Romantic Comedy: I Can’t Think Straight

I Can’t Think Straight is a film by Shamim Sarif that attempts to deal with...

October 2009

October 15, 2009

Those Who Live in Glass Houses: Hamid Rahmanian’s The Glass House

The Glass House, directed by Hamid Rahmanian, is a documentary of the lives of a...

October 07, 2009

Thanks to God, We Are Not Frightened: the Resistance of Women in Hezbollah

Women of Hezbollah is a 50-minute film directed by Maher Abi Samra. It takes place...

October 06, 2009

Rocky, the fighter

This article was written by Jordan Robinson and originally appeared at AltMuslimah. It’s a hard...

October 05, 2009

The Answer to Their Prayers: Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a documentary about the women's peace movement in...

July 2009

July 01, 2009

Sensationalist Film Exploits Important Human Rights Issue in Iran

This was written by Elise Auerbach and originally published on Human Rights Now, the Amnesty...

June 2009

June 15, 2009

Asra Nomani and the Mosque Crusade: Lofty or Ludicrous?

Mosque in Morgantown, a documentary about Asra Nomani’s quest to eradicate gender segregation in the...

May 2009

May 19, 2009

Nahid Persson’s “Prostitution Behind the Veil”

This post was written by Farah Banihali and originally published at Nuseiba. For another perspective...

April 2009

April 30, 2009

My Daughters’ Keeper: Nahid Persson’s “Prostitution Behind The Veil”

For a relatively high-brow TV channel, BBC4 is known for providing top quality programs and...

March 2009

March 23, 2009

Pimp My Daughter: Iraqi Women and Prostitution

I saw the movie Taken with my friend and her husband the other day and...

March 17, 2009

The Other Half of the Sky: Inheritance in a Tunisian Film

Tunisian filmmaker Kalthoum Bornaz's film Shtar M'Haba (The Other Half of the Sky) was recently...